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# nethermost

adjective

«nethermost» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It describes the deepest pit, a picture of Sheol, the place of the dead, or of utter danger and despair.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads these psalms as the cries of someone who feels near death and still trusts God to save him.

### Meaning

Lowest, the deepest of all places. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nethermost/#m1)

### Examples

- Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps. (Writings PSA.88.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nethermost/#x1)
- But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth. (Writings PSA.63.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nethermost/#x2)
- But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee. (Writings PSA.55.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nethermost/#x3)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nethermost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/N/nethermost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nethermost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/nethermost.html) on Mova free.