For the record, there are a score or more references to hell in the Jewish scriptures, most referring to the place of the dead, Sheol but some clearly implicating a place of punishment, such as Psalms 9:17 where we read, "The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God."
replace that with "death." the wicked shall be killed. does it still make sense?
Jesus said this place has two compartments, the place of fiery punishment and the place of the good, with the implication that the latter were awaiting resurrection.
that second bit doesn't sound like a place of punishment, does it?