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Tehom
Sign in to savethumb|Illustration by Wenceslas Hollar: the spirit of God (with [[Tetragrammaton) moves over the face of the deep.]] Tehom ( təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep" or "abyss" (literally "the deeps"). 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. According to a theological dictionary, tehom derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as a non-personified entity with mythological import.
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thumb|Illustration by Wenceslas Hollar: the spirit of God (with [[Tetragrammaton) moves over the face of the deep.]] Tehom ( təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep" or "abyss" (literally "the deeps"). 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. According to a theological dictionary, tehom derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as a non-personified entity with mythological import.
==Genesis== Tehom is mentioned in Genesis 1:2, where it is translated as "deep":