"Most ancient Near Eastern people groups left detailed accounts of their underworlds, including the Sumerians’ The Descent of Inanna, the Egyptians’ Book of the Dead, and the Greeks’ grim vision of Hades. By contrast, the only Hebrew word the Israelites had for hell was Sheol, which vaguely refers to a shadowy dwelling place for the dead. It shows up only 66 times in the Old Testament and is translated variously in our English Bibles as “the pit,” “the grave,” “the abyss,” and even “hell.” Sheol was translated to Hades in the Greek Septuagint, as opposed to Gehenna, the Greek word for a different compartment of the underworld seen as a place of judgment and destruction."

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2024/march-web-only/cs-lewis-true-mythology-death-jesus-descent-harrow-hell.html

• Hebrew-English vocab, but also texts on Israel, Jews, linguistics