Genesis 1:2:7Gen.1.2.W7PAT
תְה֑וֹם
tehom
“the deep”
- Transliteration
- te-HOM
- Extended
- teh-HOHM
- IPA
- /θə.ˈhoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the deep
- French
- l'abîme
- Spanish
- abismo
- Portuguese
- abismo
- German
- dem Abgrund
- Russian
- бездны
- Arabic-Simplified
- الْعُمْقِ
- Hindi
- अतल की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 深渊的
- Korean
- 깊은 물의
- Indonesian
- samudra dalam
- Bengali
- অতলের
- Tagalog
- kalaliman
- Swahili
- kilindi
- Amharic
- የጥልቁ
- Yoruba
- ibú
- Igbo
- omimi
- Twi
- ebun no
- Ewe
- xɔxɔ la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
te-HOM
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE te-HOM
- 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 1:2:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:2, so the Hebrew word תְה֑וֹם (tehom) 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.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.2.W7.S1) and character.