Valley of Slaughter/ field of slaughter/ battlefield
A place where men were brought out to kill (originally: the name of a valley in Jerusalem whose name is changed according to the prophet to 'Valley of Slaughter').
("Therefore, behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place shall no more be called Topheth, or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter" - Jeremiah 19:6)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
גֵּיא הַהֲרִיגָה
Definition (Hebrew)
מָקוֹם בּוֹ הוּצְאוּ בְּנֵי אָדָם לַהוֹרֵג (בַּמָּקוֹר: שֵׁם גַּיְא בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם שֶׁשְּׁמוֹ יְשֻׁנֶּה ע"פ הַנָּבִיא לְגֵיא הַהֲרִיגָה).
("לָכֵן הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם ה', וְלֹא יִקָּרֵא לַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה עוֹד הַתֹּפֶת וְגֵיא בֶן הִנֹּם כִּי אִם גֵּיא הַהֲרֵגָה"- יִרְמְיָה יט ו)