תְּהוֹם
te.hom (H8415)
abyss
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The Hebrew word "te.hom" (H8415) is defined as an "abyss." This term is used 36 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the Hebrew language and the context of the scriptures. The concept of an abyss suggests a vast, seemingly bottomless void, often associated with the ocean or a deep chasm. In its various occurrences, "te.hom" is used to describe both physical and metaphorical depths. It can refer to the primordial receive of the ocean (Genesis 1:2), the depths of the earth (Job 38:16), or the abyss of the underworld (Psalm 86:13). The word also conveys a sense of danger, chaos, and the unknown, as seen in its association with the sea monster Leviathan (Psalm 104:25-26). The significance of "te.hom" lies in its representation of the limits of human understanding and the power of God. The abyss serves as a reminder of the vastness and mystery of creation, highlighting the awe-inspiring nature of the divine. By using this term, the biblical authors convey a sense of reverence and humility in the face of the unknown, underscoring the importance of acknowledging the boundaries of human knowledge and the supremacy of God's power.
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The earth was formless and empty. Darkness was on the surface of the deep and God’s Spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters.
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
The deep’s fountains and the sky’s windows were also stopped, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
even by the God of your father, who will help you, by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
With the blast of your nostrils, the waters were piled up. The floods stood upright as a heap. The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
About Joseph he said, “His land is blessed by Yahweh, for the precious things of the heavens, for the dew, for the deep that couches beneath,
The deep says, ‘It isn’t in me.’ The sea says, ‘It isn’t with me.’
“Have you entered into the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep?
The waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen.
He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap. He lays up the deeps in storehouses.
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterfalls. All your waves and your billows have swept over me.
You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed.
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; so he led them through the depths, as through a desert.
They mount up to the sky; they go down again to the depths. Their soul melts away because of trouble.
Whatever Yahweh pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps.
Praise Yahweh from the earth, you great sea creatures, and all depths;
By his knowledge, the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
When there were no depths, I was born, when there were no springs abounding with water.
When he established the heavens, I was there. When he set a circle on the surface of the deep,
when he established the clouds above, when the springs of the deep became strong,
Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn’t stumble?
“For the Lord Yahweh says: ‘When I make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I bring up the deep on you, and the great waters cover you;
The waters nourished it. The deep made it to grow. Its rivers ran all around its plantation; and it sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.
“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him.
Thus the Lord Yahweh showed me and behold, the Lord Yahweh called for judgment by fire; and it dried up the great deep, and would have devoured the land.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
The mountains saw you, and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.