ܫܝܘܠ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew שְׁאוֹל (Šĕʾōl).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Edessan) IPA(key): [ʃjoːl]
  • (Eastern) IPA(key): [ʃjoːl]
  • (Western) IPA(key): [ʃjuːl]

Noun

ܫܝܘܠ • (šəyōl) f(uncountable)

  1. (mythology) underworld, netherworld

Proper noun

ܫܝܽܘܠ or ܫܝܘܿܠ • (Šyūl or Šyōl) f

  1. (Christianity, Judaism) Sheol

See also

References

  • “šˀwl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 22 July 2012
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 366b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 574a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 1550b
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