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Hebrew
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תוהו ובוהו / תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ • (tóhu va-vóhu)
- shapelessness and formlessness, primordial chaos
Tanach, Genesis 1:2, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃- V-ha-áretz haytá tóhu va-vóhu v-ḥóshekh 'al-p'néi t'hóm v-rúaḥ Elohím m'raḥéfet 'al-p'néi ha-máyim.
- 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.
Tanach, Jeremiah 4:23, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵין אוֹרָם׃- Ra'íti et ha-áretz v-hinéh tóhu va-vóhu v-el ha-shamáyim v-ein orám.
- I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
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