תוהו

Hebrew

FWOTD – 26 May 2017

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (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