תוהו

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Hebrew

FWOTD – 26 May 2017

Pronunciation

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Noun

תוהו / תֹּהוּ • (tóhu) m [pattern: קֹטֶל]

  1. (Biblical Hebrew, poetic) desolation, nothingness, emptiness
    • Tanach, Genesis 1:2:
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      וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃
      v'ha'árets hay'tá tóhu vavóhu v'khóshekh 'al-p'néi t'hóm v'rúakh 'elohím m'rakhéfet 'al-p'néi hamáyim.
      wəhāʾā́reṣ hāyəṯā ṯṓhū wāḇṓhū wəḥṓšeḵ ʿal-pənē ṯəhōm wərū́aḥ ʾĕlōhīm məraḥép̄eṯ ʿal-pənē hammā́yim.
      Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.

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