They and all that appertained to them went down
yarad (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
alive
chay (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
into the pit
sh'owl (sheh-ole')
Hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates -- grave, hell, pit.
and the earth
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
closed
kacah (kaw-saw')
to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy) -- clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm.
upon them and they perished
'abad (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
from among
tavek (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
the congregation
qahal (kaw-hawl')
assemblage (usually concretely) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
