תוהו

Hebrew

FWOTD – 26 May 2017

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈto.(h)u/

Noun

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

(Biblical Hebrew, poetic) desolation, nothingness, emptiness
- Tanach, Job 26:7, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  נֹטֶה צָפוֹן עַל־תֹּהוּ, תֹּלֶה אֶרֶץ עַל־בְּלִי־מָה.
  noté tzafón 'al-tóhu, tolé éretz 'al-bəli-má.
  He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, And hangeth the earth over nothing.

Derived terms

תוהו ובוהו / תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ

References

H8414 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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