geinam
Phonetic
[geiˈnam]
English: Translation
gehinom; hell
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Spirituality and Religion
Example Sentence
En el pir d’el enverano el enforno era geinam para la balabaya.
English: Example Sentence
In the summer heat, putting things in the oven was hell for the mistress of the house.
Notes
The Jewish concept of gehinom is distinct from Christian or Islamic ideas of punishment in the afterlife, and the word “hell” is just a rough approximation of gehinom’s meaning.