"תוהו ובוהו" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Hebrew]

Forms: תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ [canonical], tóhu va-vóhu [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|he|phrases|head=תוהו ובוהו / תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ|sc=Hebr|sort=|tr=tóhu va-vóhu|ts=}} תוהו ובוהו / תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ • (tóhu va-vóhu), {{he-phrase|dwv=תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ|tr=tóhu va-vóhu|wv=תוהו ובוהו}} תוהו ובוהו / תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ • (tóhu va-vóhu)
  1. shapelessness and formlessness, primordial chaos
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          "english": "Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0101#א_ב|1:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "V-ha-áretz haytá tóhu va-vóhu v-ḥóshekh 'al-p'néi t'hóm v-rúaḥ Elohím m'raḥéfet 'al-p'néi ha-máyim.",
          "text": "וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃",
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          "english": "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1104#ד_כג|4:23]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Ra'íti et ha-áretz v-hinéh tóhu va-vóhu v-el ha-shamáyim v-ein orám.",
          "text": "רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵין אוֹרָם׃",
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          "english": "Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0101#א_ב|1:2]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "V-ha-áretz haytá tóhu va-vóhu v-ḥóshekh 'al-p'néi t'hóm v-rúaḥ Elohím m'raḥéfet 'al-p'néi ha-máyim.",
          "text": "וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְחֹשֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵי תְהוֹם וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל־פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם׃",
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          "english": "I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.",
          "ref": "Tanach, Jeremiah [[s:he:T1104#ד_כג|4:23]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "Ra'íti et ha-áretz v-hinéh tóhu va-vóhu v-el ha-shamáyim v-ein orám.",
          "text": "רָאִיתִי אֶת־הָאָרֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵין אוֹרָם׃",
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        "shapelessness and formlessness, primordial chaos"
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