“The bowels of the earth”

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“The bowels of the earth”

“The bowels of the earth”

Figuratively: from the depths of the earth; deep within the ground.

(“He emerged from the womb” (Job 38:8) — which is a metaphor, like the bowels of the earth — Ramban, Genesis 27) And likewise: “The earth was moist and fresh from those branches that entered the bowels of the earth; in forty or fifty days their roots sprouted, grew, and flowered” — Abarbanel, Genesis 8 And likewise: “And anyone who has not seen the giant lizards and the beams of the Nephilim emerging from the bowels of the earth — has not seen…” — Bialik, Aryeh Ba’al Guf, 9, 40)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֶּטֶן הָאֲדָמָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מֵעֲמָקֵי הָאֲדָמָה. עֹמֶק רַב בְּתוֹךְ הָאֲדָמָה.

("בְּגִיחוֹ מִרֶּחֶם יָצָא" (איוב לח ח) – שֶׁהוּא כְּנוּי, כְּמוֹ בֶּטֶן הָאֲדָמָה" – רמב"ן, בראשית כ״ז) וְכֵן: "הָאָרֶץ לָחָה וְרַעֲנָנָה מֵאוֹתָם הָעֲנָפִים שֶׁנִּכְנְסוּ בְּבֶטֶן הָאֲדָמָה בְּאַרְבָּעִים אוֹ בַּחֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם שׁוֹרְשׁוֹ וְצִמְחוֹ וְיָצִיצוּ צִיץ" – אברבנאל, בראשית ח) וְכֵן: "וְכָל מִי שֶׁלֹּא רָאָה אֶת הַמַּרִּישִׁים הָעֲנָקִים וְהַקּוֹרוֹת הַנְּפִילִים בַּעֲלֹתָם מִבֶּטֶן הָאֲדָמָה – לֹא רָאָה…" – ביאליק, אַרְיֵה בַּעַל גּוּף, ט, 40)

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