Commentary for Yevamot 33:9

והיינו דאמרי אינשי קבא רבא וקבא זוטא מיגנדר ואזיל לשאול ומשאול לתרמוד ומתרמוד למישן וממישן להרפניא:

made his way thither. Raba said: And it was deeper than the nether-world,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sheol, Hell. ');">³²</span> for in the Scripture it is said, I shall ransom them from the power of the nether-world; I shall redeem them from death,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. XIII, 14. ');">³³</span> but for the unfitness of these there is no remedy at all; the unfit of Harpania on account of the unfit of Meshan,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mesene, the island territory lying between the Tigris, the Euphrates and the Royal Canal. Its inhabitants were of spurious descent (v. Kid. 71b) and Harpania was situated near it. ');">³⁴</span> and the unfit of Meshan on account of the unfit of Tarmod,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Palmyrean merchants would make with their caravans across the wilderness direct for Mesene and there intermarry with the inhabitants, v. Obermeyer, p. 198.] ');">³⁵</span>

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