How to Pronounce Tophet
TOH-fit
Tophet is pronounced TOH-fit (ˈtəʊfɪt): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Tophet mean?
Tophet means “a drum; betraying”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
What is Tophet?
=Topheth, from Heb. toph “a drum,” because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the noise of such an instrument; or from taph or toph, meaning “to burn,” and hence a place of burning, the name of a particular part in the valley of Hinnom. “Fire being the most destructive of all elements, is chosen by the sacred writers to symbolize the agency by which God punishes or destroys the wicked. We are not to assume from prophetical figures that material fire is the precise agent to be used. It was not the agency employed in the destruction of Sennacherib, mentioned in Isa.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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