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# sheol

noun

«sheol» 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

Used as the dark place of the dead, with cords and snares in poetry, showing how close David felt to death.

**Interpretation.** Later tradition developed ideas of a world to come and of Gehinnom, while Sheol in the text is the grave or realm of the dead.

### Meaning

In the Bible, the underworld, the place where the dead go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheol/#m1)

### Examples

- The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me. (Prophets 2SA.22.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sheol/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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