Miry Depths, Miry Clay/ deep mire/ miry clay
The mud found in the depths of the sea (Greek: Ιυυν Μασμα ρεφές).
("I sank in the depths of the sea, and there was no place to stand; I came into the depths of the waters, and the deep overwhelmed me" - Song of Songs 6:3, and so on: "And he brought me up out of the pit of the sea, out of the mire of the sea, and set me upon the rock of my feet, the foundation of the Assyrians" - Song of Songs 4:3, and so on: "He went down into the sea, and gathered into it the dross that was in the depths of the waters, and made it his ink" - Anchor/ He and He, 253)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
ִיוֵון מְצוּלָה, טִּיט הַיָּוֵן
Definition (Hebrew)
בֹּץ הַמָּצוּי בִּמְצוּלוֹת הַיָּם(יָוָן מַשְׁמָע רֶפֶשׁ).
("טָבַעְתִּי בִּיוֵן מְצוּלָה וְאֵין מָעֳמָד, בָּאתִי בְמַעֲמַקֵּי מַיִם וְשִׁבֹּלֶת שְׁטָפָתְנִי"- תְּהִלִּים סֵט ג, וְכֵן:"וַיַּעֲלֵנִי מִבּוֹר שָׁאוֹן מִטִּיט הַיָּוֵן וַיָּקֶם עַל סֶלַע רַגְלַי כּוֹנֵן אֲשֻׁרָי"- תְּהִלִּים מ ג, וְכֵן:"יָרַד לְתוֹךְ יְוֵן מְצוּלָה וְכִנֵּס לְתוֹךְ כְּלִי אֶת הָרֶפֶשׁ שֶׁבְּקַרְקָעִית הַמַּיִם וְעָשָׂה לוֹ דְּיוֹ"- עַגְנוֹן/ אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, 253)