"from the belly of Sheol" #109

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from the belly of Sheol
"from the center of Sheol" or "from the deep part of Sheol." Possible meanings are 1) Jonah was speaking as being in the belly of the whale was being in Sheol or 2) Jonah believed that he was about to die and go to Sheol or 3) He spoke as if he already had died and gone there. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

Translation words has no entry for "Sheol", so we need something here.
Could the possible meanings be simplified.

from the belly of Sheol
"from the the land of the dead" or "from deep in the grave." Possible meanings are 1) Jonah thought that sinking down into the ocean was like dying, or 2) Jonah thought that being in the fish was like being dead. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

from the belly of Sheol
"from the the land of the dead" or "from deep in the grave." Jonah thought that sinking down into the ocean or being in the fish was like dying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

**from the belly of Sheol** "from the center of Sheol" or "from the deep part of Sheol." Possible meanings are 1) Jonah was speaking as being in the belly of the whale was being in Sheol or 2) Jonah believed that he was about to die and go to Sheol or 3) He spoke as if he already had died and gone there. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor) Translation words has no entry for "Sheol", so we need something here. Could the possible meanings be simplified. **from the belly of Sheol** "from the the land of the dead" or "from deep in the grave." Possible meanings are 1) Jonah thought that sinking down into the ocean was like dying, or 2) Jonah thought that being in the fish was like being dead. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor) **from the belly of Sheol** "from the the land of the dead" or "from deep in the grave." Jonah thought that sinking down into the ocean or being in the fish was like dying. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)