sha.chat denotes a pit, especially the deadly destination from which a life or soul may be rescued, and sometimes a trap dug for capture.

The term most often marks a pit associated with approaching death, descent, or rescue from loss of life; it also denotes a pit prepared as a trap for an enemy or the wicked. The supplied verses show both a threatened destination from which a soul is delivered and a deliberately dug enclosure in which someone is captured or falls.

1. A pit of deadly descent or loss of life · dominant

   In Job 33:22 the APB renders a soul as drawing near “the pit” alongside life nearing those who bring death, while Job 33:24 and Job 33:28 place deliverance and ransom over against going down or passing into it. Psalm 103:4 likewise renders redemption of life “from the pit,” and Isaiah 38:17 speaks of deliverance from “the pit of destruction.”

   Job 33:22Job 33:24Job 33:28Job 33:30Psalm 103:4Isaiah 38:17
2. A dug pit used as a trap · common

   Ezekiel 19:4 and Ezekiel 19:8 describe someone captured in a pit after hostile nations act against him. Proverbs 26:27 presents the person who makes a pit as falling into it, while Psalm 35:7 calls it a “pit net” hidden against the speaker; Psalm 94:13 has a pit dug for the wicked.

   Ezekiel 19:4Ezekiel 19:8Proverbs 26:27Psalm 35:7Psalm 94:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB frequently presents the term as “pit,” especially in scenes of capture, descent, and rescue. Some supplied verses do not visibly reproduce it in English, including Jonah 2:7 and Psalm 30:10.