Hinnom Valley

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geographical feature ravine valley

Hinnom Valley is a ravine on the southwestern side of Jerusalem historically associated with ancient rites and later symbolic of judgment in Jewish and Christian tradition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
ravine ⓘ
valley ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
surface form: Ge Hinnom

Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
surface form: Gehenna

Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
archaeologicalFindsInclude burial caves ⓘ
tombs ⓘ
associatedWithConcept afterlife judgment ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
punishment ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Baal ⓘ
Baal ⓘ
surface form: Molech
associatedWithPractice child sacrifice ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
associatedWithSite Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
surface form: Topheth
borders Zion ⓘ
surface form: Mount Zion

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
connectedTo Kidron Valley ⓘ
Tyropoeon Valley ⓘ
flowsInto Kidron Valley ⓘ
hasFeature seasonal watercourse ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Valley of Hinnom ⓘ
surface form: Γέεννα (Gehenna)
hasNameInHebrew גֵּיא בֶן־הִנֹּם ⓘ
hasTheologicalRole metaphor for eschatological punishment ⓘ
warning image in prophetic literature ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfCulticUse First Temple period ⓘ
influencedTerm Gehenna as term for hell ⓘ
locatedIn Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
locatedOnSideOf southwestern side of Jerusalem ⓘ
mentionedInBook Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Book of Joshua ⓘ
mentionedInText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
modernUse cultural events venue ⓘ
urban park areas ⓘ
near Jaffa Gate ⓘ
Zion Gate ⓘ
overlookedBy West Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: West Jerusalem neighborhoods
partOf Judean Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Judean Hills region
symbolicMeaningInChristianity image of hell ⓘ
symbolicMeaningInJudaism place of punishment ⓘ
usedAs boundary of tribal territories in biblical texts ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple Mount → borderedBy → Hinnom Valley ⓘ
Jerusalem → hasBodyOfWater → Hinnom Valley ⓘ