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Strong's #8415 - תְּהֹם
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- deep, depths, deep places, abyss, the deep, sea
- deep (of subterranean waters)
- deep, sea, abysses (of sea)
- primeval ocean, deep
- deep, depth (of river)
- abyss, the grave
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1105) me (המ HM) AC: Roar CO: Sea AB: Tumult: The pictograph e represents a looking toward. The m is a picture of water. Combined these pictures mean "a looking toward the water". A large body of water seen as a place of chaos because of its storms, turbulent surf and the commotion of the waves.
A) me (המ HM) AC: Roar CO: Multitude AB: ?
jm ) nfme (המונ HMWN) - Multitude: A loud group. KJV (83): multitude, noise, tumult, abundance, many, store, company - Strongs: H1995 (הָמֹן)
B) mme (הממ HMM) AC: Destroy CO: Destruction AB: Destruction: An uproar.
V) mme (הממ HMM) - Destroy: A loud commotion. KJV (13): (vf: Paal) discomfit, destroy, vex, crush, break, consume, trouble - Strongs: H2000 (הָמַם)
H) eme (המה HMH) AC: Roar CO: Abundant AB: ?
V) eme (המה HMH) - R (vf: Paal) |kjv: roar, noise, disquieted, sound, troubled, aloud, loud - Strongs: H1993 (הָמָה)
Nm ) eme (המה HMH) - Abundant: KJV (1): any - Strongs: H1991 (הֵם)
ff1) eime (המיה HMYH) - R |kjv: noise - Strongs: H1998 (הֶמְיָה)
J) mfe (הומ HWM) AC: Roar CO: Sea AB: ?
V) mfe (הומ HWM) - R (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil) |kjv: rang, noise, move, destroy - Strongs: H1949 (הוּם)
if ) mfet (תהומ THWM) - Sea: A deep and tumultuous water. KJV (36): deep, depth - Strongs: H8415 (תְּהֹם)
kf1) emfem (מהומה MHWMH) - Tumult: KJV (12): destruction, trouble, vex, tumult, discomfiture - Strongs: H4103 (מְהוּמָה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
and masculine Job 28:14 5t. (Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 62 Kö ii. 2. 167 Ency. Bib. DEEP) deep, sea, abyss (almost always in poetry); — absolute ׳ת Genesis 1:2 +; plural absolute תְּהֹמוֺת Psalm 77:17 +, etc., ׳בַּתּ Isaiah 63:13 + Isaiah 106:9 (only here with article); construct תְּהוֺמוֺת Isaiah 71:20 (but see 5 infra); —
1 deep, of subterranean waters, Genesis 49:25 (poem in J; opposed to שָׁמַיִם), Deuteronomy 33:13 (opposed to id.); ׳רַבָּה מַעְיְנוֺת ת Genesis 7:11; Genesis 8:2 (P; "" אֲרֻבֹּת הַשָּׁמַיִם), ׳עִינוֺת ת Proverbs 8:28 ("" שְׁחָקִים), Job 28:14; Job 38:16 (both "" יָם); תְּהוֺם רַבָּה Amos 7:4 (probably), רַבָּה׳מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ ת Psalm 36:7 (opposed to אֵל צִדְקָֽתְךָ כְּהַרְרֵי), Isaiah 51:10 (perhaps); so plural תְּהֹמוֺת, Proverbs 8:24 ("" מַעְיָנוֺת), Proverbs 3:20 (opposed to שְׁחָקִים), and probably Psalm 33:7 ("" מֵי הַיָּם), Psalm 135:6 ( + יַמִּים).
2 (deep) sea, overwhelming Tyre Ezekiel 26:19 ("" הַמַּיִם הָרַבִּים), roaring at theoph. Habakkuk 3:10; in General, "" יָם, Job 38:30 (׳מְּנֵי ת); "" מַיִם Jonah 2:6; alonE Job 41:24; figurative, קוֺרַא׳אֶלתֿ ׳ת Job 42:8 ("" מִשְׁבָּרִים, גַּלִּים; but possibly here of Jordan, compare
4); in plural = abysses of sea, Exodus 15:5,8 (of Red Sea, so) Isaiah 63:13 "" Psalm 106:9; Psalm 77:17; also Psalm 78:15 (in simile), Psalm 107:26 (poetic of hollows of great waves, opposed to שָׁמַיִם); vaguely, כָּלתְּֿהֹמוֺת Psalm 135:6; Psalm 148:7.
3 primaeval ocean, deep, in Hebrew cosmogony, ׳מְּנֵי ת Genesis 1:2 (P; "" מְּנֵי הַמַּיִם), Proverbs 8:27 ("" שָׁמַיִם), Psalm 104:6. — (compare, further, Gunk Schöpfung u. Chaos 21ff. OCWhitehouse Hast. DB COSMOGONY Zim KAT3. 492f., 509f., 585).
4 deep, depth, of river Ezekiel 31:4 (Nile; "" מַיִם, + נַהֲרוֺתֶיהָ), Ezekiel 31:15 ("" id.); plural of bursts of water fertilizing Canaan, יוצאיםבבקעה ובהר Deuteronomy 8:7 ( + עֲיָנֹת, נַחֲלֵי מַיִם). — On Psalm 42:8 see
2. 5. abyss (si vera lectio): תְּהוֺמוֺת הָאָרֶץ = Shejôl, Psalm 71:20, but Ol We תַּחְתִיּוֺת.
[תַּחְמֻּכָה] see הפך. תָּו see תוה. below,
תּוֺא see תְּאוֺ. [תּוֺאָם] see תאם.