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šaḥat שַׁ֫חַת ‘pit’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šūaḥ שׁוּחַ ‘to sink’
Roots: שׁוח

šaḥat n, f
1) pit, destruction, grave
 1a) pit (for catching lions)
 1b) pit (of Hell)

Mentioned in Isaiah 38:17, 51:14 Ezekiel 19:4, 19:8, 28:8 Jonah 2:7 Psalms 30:10, 55:24, 7:16, 103:4, 9:16, 49:10, 35:7, 16:10, 94:13 Proverbs 26:27 Job 17:14, 33:30, 33:28, 9:31, 33:24, 33:18, 33:22

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