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Tehom
Primordial waters of creation in the Bible / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tehom (Hebrew: תְּהוֹם təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep” or “abyss” (literally “the deeps”).[1] 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 meaning.[2] According to a theological dictionary, tehom derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as an unpersonified entity with mythological import.[3]
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