The earth swallowed him

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The earth swallowed him

The earth swallowed him

Figuratively: disappeared. It is unknown where he is.

("And if the LORD creates, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them, and they descend alive to Sheol, and you shall know that these men despised the LORD" – Numbers 16:30, Moses to the elders of Israel about Korah's men; and: "In the end, I could not control myself and looked back, and I did not see him anymore, as if the earth itself had opened and swallowed him" – S.Y. Agnon / In the Forest and the City; and: "The earth swallowed you, cracked / in the summer drought / green, lush, and dripping" – Yonatan Ratosh / Rosh)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּלְעָה אוֹתוֹ הָאֲדָמָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נֶעְלָם. לֹא יָדוּעַ הֵיכָן הוּא.

("וְאִם בְּרִיאָה יִבְרָא ה' וּפָצְתָה הָאֲדָמָה אֶת פִּיהָ וּבָלְעָה אֹתָם וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם וְיָרְדוּ חַיִּים שְׁאֹלָה, וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי נִאֲצוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה אֶת ה'"- בַּמִּדְבָּר טז ל (מֹשֶׁה לְזִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל אַנְשֵׁי קֹרַח), וְכֵן: "לְבַסּוֹף לֹא שָׁלַטְתִּי בִּי וְהִבַּטְתִּי לְאַחֲרֵי וְלֹא רְאִיתִיו עוֹד, כְּאִלּוּ פָּעֲרָה הָאֲדָמָה עַצְמָהּ וּבָלְעָה אוֹתוֹ"- שַׁ"י עַגְנוֹן/ בַּיַּעַר וּבָעִיר, וְכֵן: "בָּלְעָה אוֹתְךָ הָאֲדָמָה הַמְּבֻקָּעָהּ/ בְּחַרְבֹנֵי קַיִץ-/ הַמּוֹרִיקָה, הַדְּשֵׁנָה וְהַדּוֹלֶפֶת"- יוֹנָתָן רָטוֹשׁ/ רֹאשׁ)

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