gethsemane
ゲツセマネ
解説 Definition
ゲツセマネはイエスが磔刑前夜に祈ったとされるエルサレム近郊の庭園です。苦悩や試練の場所を比喩的に指すこともあります。聖書において重要な舞台です。
Gethsemane is the place near Jerusalem where, according to the New Testament, Jesus prayed before his arrest and crucifixion. The name is also used figuratively for an experience or place of intense anguish, spiritual struggle, or testing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
地名では Gethsemane と大文字にし、in Gethsemane、the Garden of Gethsemane の形で覚える。語源の「オリーブ油の搾り場」と、オリーブ山のふもとでイエスが磔刑前夜に祈った場面を結び付ける。そこから比喩的に a Gethsemane moment が「深い苦悩や厳しい試練の時」を表す。
Capitalize Gethsemane when referring to the biblical place, and learn it through the full phrase the Garden of Gethsemane. Its name is traditionally understood as “oil press,” which fits its location near the Mount of Olives and supplies a concrete image: olives being pressed while Jesus faces overwhelming spiritual pressure before his arrest. This scene explains the figurative use. A Gethsemane or a Gethsemane moment can describe a period of extreme anguish, testing, or lonely decision. The patterns in Gethsemane and pray in Gethsemane help distinguish the place-name from the later metaphor.
例文
Gethsemane is a garden near Jerusalem mentioned in the Bible.
ゲツセマネは聖書に記述されたエルサレム近郊の庭園です。
Jesus prayed in Gethsemane before his crucifixion.
イエスは磔刑前にゲツセマネで祈りました。
The phrase 'Gethsemane moment' refers to a time of great suffering.
「ゲツセマネの瞬間」という表現は大きな苦しみの時を指します。
gethsemane の類義語・関連語
gethsemane の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ヘブライ語・アラム語の gat shmanim（油搾り場）に由来。gat（搾り場）+ shmanim（油）で「オリーブ油の搾り場」を意味する。新約聖書でイエスが最後の夜に祈った園の名。オリーブ山のふもとに位置し、当時オリーブ油の生産地だったことが名の由来。
Gethsemane entered English through the Greek form used in the New Testament, representing an Aramaic or Hebrew expression traditionally analyzed as words meaning “oil press.” The name thus refers to a place where olives were pressed for oil, fitting its setting near the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem. Because the Gospel narratives place Jesus’s anguished prayer there shortly before his arrest and crucifixion, the proper name later developed a figurative sense referring to severe suffering, spiritual struggle, or a decisive ordeal.
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