nethermost
adjective
In Jewish tradition
It describes the deepest pit, a picture of Sheol, the place of the dead, or of utter danger and despair.
Interpretation. Tradition reads these psalms as the cries of someone who feels near death and still trusts God to save him.
Meaning
Lowest, the deepest of all places. tree →
Examples
- Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps. (Writings PSA.88.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the nethermost parts of the earth. (Writings PSA.63.10, JPS 1917) tree →
- But Thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the nethermost pit; men of blood and deceit shall not live out half their days; but as for me, I will trust in Thee. (Writings PSA.55.24, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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