- שאול
- שְׁאוֹלc. (b. h.) nether world, grave, depth. Erub.54a (fr. Ben Sira) שאין בש׳ תענוגוכ׳ for there is no pleasure in the grave, and death knows no tarrying. Ib. ואם תאמר … בש׳ מי יודה לך Ms. M. (ed. יגיד) and if you will say, I will leave my children a settlement: who will thank thee for it in the grave? Y.Yeb.I, 3a bot., v. דְּיֵיטָא. Yalk. Is. 261 ואם … שנפל עד ש׳וכ׳ and when he (the Lord) sees a man fallen even to the grave, he raises him up (ref. to Ps. 113:7 מקימי מעפר). Sot.10b נבקע ש׳ מתחתיו the deep burst open under him (Absalom). Ab. IV, 22 ואל … שהש׳ בית מנוס לך let not thy passion reassure thee that the grave is a house of refuge (from responsibility) to thee; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.