בֶּטֶן הָאֲדָמָה

ביטוי (אנגלית)

“The bowels of the earth”

הגדרה (אנגלית)

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)