Genesis 1:2:3Gen.1.2.W3PAT
תֹ֙הוּ֙
tohu
“formless”
- Transliteration
- TO-hu
- Extended
- TOH-hoo
- IPA
- /ˈθoː.huː/
Meaning by language
- English
- formless
- French
- sans forme
- Spanish
- sin forma
- Portuguese
- sem forma
- German
- formlos
- Russian
- без формы
- Arabic-Simplified
- بِلَا شَكْلٍ
- Hindi
- आकारहीन
- Chinese-Simplified
- 无形
- Korean
- 형체 없고
- Indonesian
- tanpa bentuk
- Bengali
- আকারহীন
- Tagalog
- walang anyo
- Swahili
- bila umbo
- Amharic
- ያለ ቅርጽ
- Yoruba
- láìní àpẹrẹ
- Igbo
- enweghị ọdịdị
- Twi
- nni nhyehyɛe
- Ewe
- megbegblẽ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
TO-hu
- phraseyour reading level
ha-ye-TA TO-hu
- clause
ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM
- sentence
ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM ve-RU-akh e-lo-HIM me-ra-KHE-fet al-pe-NE ha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:2
and the earth was formless and empty and darkness was upon the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering upon the surface of the waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:2:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word תֹ֙הוּ֙ (tohu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.1.2.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W3.S1) and character.