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When Your Grace explained that Gohanam derived from Wady Hanam and what that meant. I thought that was very interesting. May I ask where you read that, and if books like that have translations in English?

'Gohanam' is derived from 'Gehenna' which is derived from the Hebrew, 'Ge-Hinnom', the Valley of Hinnom. The actual site is believed to be on the outskirts of Jerusalem where it was typically used to dispose of animals' carcasses, waste, and other impurities. This landfill of corruption was then burned. The Jews and also the New Testament and other Christian literature figuratively use this term to allocate an eternal abode of torment and punishment for the wicked from which also the term 'hell' emerged.