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

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Result
תְ + ה֑וֹם
te + hom
tehom

Alphabet Analysis

Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    te-HOM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    al-pe-NE te-HOM

  3. clause

    ve-ha-A-rets ha-ye-TA TO-hu va-VO-hu ve-KHO-shekh al-pe-NE te-HOM

  4. 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 contextGenesis 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.