As a word, the original Hebrew word 'sheol', translated 'hell', means 'a covered place'. 'Hell' is the Anglicized version of 'sheol'; thus when we read of 'hell' we are not reading a word which has been fully translated. A 'helmet' is literally a 'hell-met', meaning a covering for the head. Biblically, this 'covered place', or 'hell', is the grave.
Ni neno lisilotumika sana katika misemo ya watu, awali katika Kiebrania neno'Sheol’ limetafsiriwa'hell’ kwa kiingereza. kwa hiyo Biblia ya kiswahili ilipoandikwa tafsiri toka kiingereza neno liliandikwa'Kuzimu’ likiwa na maana'mahala pa kuzika wafu’ Leo watu wametoa habari zinazotofautiana na Biblia inavyoelezea kuhusu neno kuzimu.