Gamma World is a post-apocalyptic science fantasy role-playing game which we played in High School. It came to mind as we were pondering the tumors of 1 Samuel chapter 5.
Gamma World
The Grave: שְׁא֣וֹל – sheol
A word frequently translated as the grave is the Hebrew שְׁא֣וֹל – sheol, but sheol is far more than just the grave. The grave is a portal into the underworld realm of the dead.
Earth or World?
Usually we use the word Earth to refer to planet Earth and the world world to refer to the habitable portion of it and the human society on it. There's some n
Sheol
Sheol refers to life beyond the grave, quite literally an underworld realm of the dead. It's also modified in a variety of ways which can be grouped to correspond to the main regions of the interior of the Earth.
Graves and Pits
One of the repercussions of the fall of man was the start of nuclear decay. This in turn is the beginning of hell, since the explosive rate of decay, concentrated in the core of the Earth, caused the core to melt.
March 13th
In the text of Genesis, "the ground," is a translation of the Hebrew word הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה - adamah Adam, from whence Adam gets his name since he was made from the dust of the ground.