You keep insulting, claiming I am “woefully ignorant”, yet after reading through two of your links, neither refute what I stated.Except that I went through over a third of what you claimed a support and showed how it didn't operate as support so your claim fails.
It is a Hebrew word with a very curious etymology. The simplest explanation is that it is related to sh-a-l meaning "question" or "uncertainty" because it represents separation from the certainty of the divine. It is translated as "pit" (which it isn't exactly) or "grave" (which it isn't). Here is some information
What Is the Meaning of ‘She’ol’ (Netherworld)? - The Jewish Link
I wrote a column about this word before. But I thought about it again when I wrote my new book “Roots and Rituals,” and there I revised some of my original conclusions. So I am writing my revised thoughts here. The netherworld location she’ol is mentioned over 60 times in Tanach. On the simplest...jewishlink.news
You can look in Klein directly if that helps you
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You said that "The dead go down into Sheol" except that textually, very few of the dead go down to Sh'ol and some go down alive. So those verses refute your claim.
Except that this isn't how Jews saw death. I find it funny that you try to instruct about something of which you are woefully ignorant.
some light reading
What is the Orthodox Jewish view of the afterlife?
What is the nature of life after death, according to Orthodox Judaism as it exists today? I have tried to read up on this, but I often hear very conflicted views... I mean I once read that Sheol is...judaism.stackexchange.com
3 Sins Which Cause Eternal Gehinom (Hell)
What the Torah really says about eternal hell (Gehenna) "...all of these people descend to Gehenna and are judged there for generations and generations...Gehenna will terminate, but they still will not terminate..." (Rosh Hashanah 17a) In Judiasm, is there Eternal Punishment? The Gemara...www.beezrathashem.org
Afterlife in Judaism
Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
Jews believe in the heaven on earth (new creation) which will come during the Messianic era (Jesus’s return for Christians). While bad people go to Gehenna for purification. Your first link agree that Sheol is usually attached to the idea of ”going down” into it, and even being bound or pulled by “cords”.
