BDB8529 [H7845]

שַׁ֫חַת noun feminine pit; — absolute ׳שׁ Ps 7:16 +; שָׁ֑חַת Ps 16:10 +; construct שַׁ֫תַת Isa 38:17; Ps 35:7 suffix שַׁחְתָּם Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:8 (+ שַׁחְתֹּה Ps 35:8b We); —

1. pit, for catching lion (in figurative) Ezek 19:4; Ezek 19:8 figurative ׳פעל שׁ Ps 7:16 with עשׂה Ps 9:16 with חפר Ps 35:7 (trasnp. ׳שׁ to v^b); with ברת Ps 94:13; Prov 26:27 + Ps 35:8b ᵑ6 We (for שׁוֺאֶה); ׳טָבַל בּשׁ Job 9:31.

2. pit of Sh®°ôl, ׳ירר שׁ Job 33:24 ׳ראה (ה)שׁ Ps 16:10 (|| שִׁאוֺל), Ps 49:10 ׳לשׁ, with הוֺרִיד Ezek 28:8, and Ps 55:24 (׳לִבְאֵר שׁ); קָרֵב Job 33:22 יָמוּת Isa 51:14 ׳עָבַר בֵשּׁ Job 33:28 ׳יָרַד אֶלשֿׁ Ps 30:10 ׳מִשּׁ, with חשׁק Isa 38:17 (poem), with חשׂח Job 33:18 (מִנִּיֿ); with העלה Jonah 2:7 with הֵשִׁיב Job 33:30 (מִנִּיֿ); with נאל Ps 103:4 personified Job 17:14 (|| רִמָּה). — ׳שׁ here either = שְׁאוֺל (hollow place, cavern), or < = pit in שְׁאוֺל (compare, from Ezek. on, בּוֺר 5; also אֲבַדּוֺן, p. 2, and עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל Prov 9:18. This distinction of two parts of שְׁאוֺל became important in Jewish and Christian theology).

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