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Tehom

Illustration by Wenceslas Hollar: the spirit of God (with Tetragrammaton) moves over the face of the deep.

Tehom (Hebrew: תְּהוֹם təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep” or “abyss” (literally “the deeps”).[1] It is used to describe the primeval ocean and the post-creation waters of the earth. It is a cognate of the Akkadian words tiāmtum and tâmtum as well as Ugaritic t-h-m which have similar meanings.[2] According to a theological dictionary, tehom derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as a non-personified entity with mythological import.[3]

  1. ^ Waschke 1974, pp. 577–579.
  2. ^ Tsumura, David Toshio (1989). The Earth and the Waters in Genesis 1 and 2: A Linguistic Investigation. A&C Black. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-567-40277-6.
  3. ^ Waschke 1974, pp. 574–575.

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