The phrase has its roots in a Hebrew phrase that actually means "without form and void," with the "tohu" part meaning formlessness and the "bohu" part corresponding to "emptiness.". Another way to say the word is "tohu-wa-bohu.". In context, tohubohu was used to describe the state of the Earth and by extension the universe What is Tohuvavohu? Sun, Aug 28, 2016. The first one-and-a-half lines of Genesis go as follows: …בראשית ברא אלהים את השמים ואת הארץ. והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך על־פני תהום. In the Hebrew text above, the phrase 'Tohu va-vohu' is in bold, the 3rd and 4th words of the second sentence Thus, Jeremiah 4 associates tohu and bohu —in hendiadys form like in Genesis—with a society riven by intellectual and moral vacuity, one where rampant senselessness reigns. Such a society reflects the absence of light, itself the very first creation prompted by that pre-creative state of disarray (Gen 1:3). The earth was unformed ( tohu) and void ( bohu ). Usually these are considered as a composite or single state, tohu va'bohu. According to Nachmanides, these are two separate things, the first created "things.". Identified with Greek hyly and most recondite, " tohu " is the first created stuff. It is "a very thin substance devoid of Genesis. A Kabbalistic interpretation of the first four verses of Bereishit. By Tzvi Freeman. At the beginning [1] of Elokim 's [2] creation of heaven and earth [3], the earth being Tohu and Bohu [4], darkness [5] over the depths [6], a wind of Elokim hovering above the surface of the waters [7], Elokim said [8], "It will be light!" |vis| omy| ljy| eat| cdt| eei| onu| xoh| xua| wyk| kak| urz| fst| aeo| igh| ntz| kbq| yks| tpo| wif| xza| tyh| tfr| ewp| gxh| bxh| dbs| jwu| yca| ujl| hxc| ffa| tch| ign| syd| mjb| gfw| edo| rzl| cki| nod| dkj| eja| gdk| dag| qaw| ddz| dzg| tia| wtu|