בֹּהוּ
Used: 3 times · Key: 922 · BDB: בֹּ֫הוּ
Glosses
emptiness (2); of.emptiness (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
emptiness tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
emptiness tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.[m.] emptiness (on form v. Ges§ 84 a, 1 b Sta§ 95, 198 a, on usage cf. LagOr. ii. 60 f.) always c. תֹּהוּ q.v.;—תֹּהוּ וָבֹהוּ Gn 1:2 of primæval earth; Je 4:23 of earth under judgment of י׳; קַו־תֹֿהוּ וְאַבְנֵי בֹהוּ Is 34:11, the line of wasteness and the stones of emptiness, i.e. plummets, employed, not as usual for building, but for destroying walls; cf. Di & v. sub אבן 6.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «בֹּהוּ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּה־תֹ֖הוּ וָבֹ֑הוּ וְאֶל־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ין אוֹרָֽם׃
Word for word: I.looked.at (et) the earth and there! [it.was].formlessness and emptiness and to the heavens and.[was] not light their
JPS 1917: I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was waste and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃
Word for word: and the earth it.was formlessness and emptiness and darkness [was].over the.surface of.the.deep and the.spirit of.God [was].hovering over the.surface of the.waters
JPS 1917: 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.
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