Original Language Studio
Isaiah 14:9
“Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7585 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
- Derivation
- or שְׁאֹל; from H7592 (שָׁאַל);
- KJV renderings
- grave, hell, pit.
- Grammar
- שְׁא֗וֹל — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 66 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 37:35Genesis 42:38Genesis 44:29Genesis 44:31Numbers 16:30
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׁאוֹל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.