Quran 2:56: Death Or Unconsciousness?
It depends on understanding of language and its use and styles. For nations, we too use such words. for example a man who regain his strength after losing it we say, he came back from the dead. We know it never happened the who nation of Bani Israel or their army died and resurrect, if it happened, it must have been mentioned in their books, so when language allows, we go for its metaphorical meaning.