Senses
1. Sheol, realm of the dead — The underworld or abode of the dead in Hebrew cosmology, variously rendered as Sheol, Hades, the grave, or the pit; all prepositional and construct-state forms (to-Sheol, in-Sheol, from-Sheol, like-Sheol, of-Sheol) refer to this single concept of the netherworld destination of the deceased. 65×
AR["الهاويَة","الهاوِيَة","الهاوِيَةَ","الهاوِيَةُ","الهَاوِيَةَ","الهَاوِيَةِ","الْهاوِيَةُ","الْهَاوِيَةَ","الْهَاوِيَةُ","الْهَاوِيَةِ","شِئولٌ"]·ben["ও-যন্ত্রণা","কবর","পাতাল","পাতালে","পাতালে,","পাতালের","পাতালের।"]·DE["Scheol","Totenreich","fragte"]·EN["She'ol","Sheol","to-Sheol"]·FR["shéol","séjour-des-morts"]·heb["שאול"]·HI["अधोलोक","अधोलोक-की","अधोलोक-के","अधोलोक-को","शेओल","शेओल-की","शेओल-के"]·ID["Alam-maut","Sheol","Syeol","dunia-orang-mati"]·IT["Sceol","soggiorno-dei-morti"]·jav["Siyéul","alam-kubur","alam-pati","kubur","kuburan","neraka","pejah"]·KO["스올","스올-로","스올-에서","스올-의","스올과","스올에","스올을","스올의","스올이","스올이니","음부","음부-의","음부로"]·PT["Seol","Sheol","do-Sheol","no-Sheol","o-Seol","o-Sheol","sheol","é-o-Sheol"]·RU["Шеол","Шеола","в-Шеол","в-шеол","преисподней","преисподняя","шеол","шеола","шеола -"]·ES["Seol","Sheol","al-Seol","al-Sheol","así-el-Seol","el-Seol"]·SW["Sheol","Sheoli","kuzimu"]·TR["Ölüler-diyarı","ölüler-diyarını","ölüler-diyarının","Şe'ol'a","Şeol","Şeol'a","Şeol'dan","Şeol'un","şeol"]·urd["پاتال","پاتال-میں","پاتال-کی","پاتال-کے"]
2. to ask, request (verb) — A verbal form (Qal imperative) meaning to ask or make a request, likely a homographic overlap with the verb sha'al; semantically unrelated to the noun Sheol. 1×
AR["طَلَبَهَا"]·ben["চাওয়া"]·DE["Totenreich"]·EN["asking"]·FR["séjour-des-morts"]·heb["שאלה"]·HI["मांग"]·ID["ke-dunia-orang-mati"]·IT["Sheol"]·jav["panyuwunan"]·KO["청함을"]·PT["pedindo"]·RU["прошение"]·ES["la-petición"]·SW["omba"]·TR["istek"]·urd["مانگ"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׁאוֹל, שְׁאֹל n.f. ψ 86:13 (appar. m. Jb 26:6 cf. Is 14:9, v. AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 51) Sheʾôl, underworld (√ dub.; שׁאל, i.e. place of inquiry (ref. to necromancy) JastrAm. J. Sem. Lang. xiv. 170, cf. JBL xix (1900), 88 ff. (JeremLeben n. d. Tode 109 ‘Ort der Entscheidung’); Thes BöDe Inf. § 158 Di al. cp. √ שׁעל, whence שֹׁעַל hollow hand, etc.; שׁ׳ then = hollow place, ‘Hölle’, hell; other…