Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #11

OSHB Gen 1:2 תֹהוּ (tohū) Strongs=8414 Lemma=‘תֹּהוּ’
contextual word gloss=‘formlessness’ word gloss=‘formlessness’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-4004 Event=God_creates_all_things TimeSeries=Creation_of_all_things

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Other uses (4) of identical word form תֹהוּ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘תֹהוּ’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 4 different glosses: ‘[are]_emptiness’, ‘[it_was]_formlessness’, ‘a_wasteland’, ‘formlessness’.

1 SAM 12:21 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_emptiness’ word gloss=‘formlessness’ OSHB 1 SAM 12:21 word 12

OET-LV: 21 And_not you(pl)_must _turn _aside if/because after (the)_emptiness which not they _will _benefit and_not they _will _rescue if/because are_emptiness they. (SA1_12:21)

OET-RV: 21 And don’t turn away from Yahweh and worship useless idols because they can’t benefit you or rescue you, because they’re empty of life. (SA1 12:21)

ISA 34:11 contextual word gloss=‘formlessness’ word gloss=‘formlessness’ OSHB ISA 34:11 word 11

OET-LV: 11 And_they_will _take _possession _of _it wilderness _owl and_hedgehog and_great _owl and_raven they _will _dwell in_it and_he _will _stretch _out on/upon_it(f) a _measuring-line _of formlessness and_stones _of emptiness. (ISA_34:11)

OET-RV: 11 ◙ (ISA 34:11)

ISA 45:18 contextual word gloss=‘a_wasteland’ word gloss=‘formlessness’ OSHB ISA 45:18 word 15

OET-LV: 18 if/because thus he _says YHWH who_created the_heavens he the_ʼElohīm who_formed the_earth/land and_who_made _of_it he he_established _it not a _wasteland he_created _it to_dwell _in he_formed _it I am_YHWH and_there_is_not yet. (ISA_45:18)

OET-RV: ⇔  18 ◙
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⇔ …
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⇔ … (ISA 45:18)

JER 4:23 contextual word gloss=‘[it_was]_formlessness’ word gloss=‘formlessness’ OSHB JER 4:23 word 5

OET-LV: 23 I _looked _at DOM the_earth/land and_see/lo/see it_was_formlessness and_emptiness and_near/to the_heavens and_was_not light _of_their. (JER_4:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙
⇔ … (JER 4:23)

Hebrew words (1) other than תֹהוּ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘formlessness’

ISA 24:10 תֹּהוּ (tohū) Lemma=‘תֹּהוּ’ contextual word gloss=‘formlessness’ word gloss=‘chaos’ OSHB ISA 24:10 word 3

OET-LV: 10 the_town _of It _has _been _broken formlessness every _of it _has _been _shut _up house from_entering. (ISA_24:10)

OET-RV: 10 ◙ (ISA 24:10)