שְׁאוֹל, c. (b. h.) nether world, grave, depth. Erub. 54ᵃ (fr. Ben Sira) שאין בש׳ תענוג וכ׳ 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. CXIII, 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.