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Hebrew wordlink #298015

OSHB Isa 45:18 תֹהוּ (tohū) Strongs=8414 Lemma=‘תֹּהוּ’
contextual word gloss=‘a_wasteland’ word gloss=‘formlessness’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-712 TimeSeries=Prophecies_of_Isaiah

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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’.

GEN 1:2 contextual word gloss=‘formlessness’ word gloss=‘formlessness’ OSHB GEN 1:2 word 3

OET-LV: 2 And_the_earth it _was formlessness and_emptiness and_darkness was_over the _surface _of the _deep and_spirit god was_hovering over the _surface _of the_waters. (GEN_1:2)

OET-RV: 2 The earth was formless and empty and darkness covered the surface of the depth waters and God’s spirit was hovering over the surface of the waters. (GEN 1:2)

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)

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)