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Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu

From: Jim West <jwest AT highland.net>
To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu
Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:59:52 -0400

At 12:53 PM 5/21/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear All:
>
>In Genesis 1:2 there is the phrase thw wbhw (tohu ubohu), what does it mean?

I think its something like vapid and formless. I.e., before the creative
acts which follow, there was vapidity and formlessness, to which form and
meaning was given.

Jim

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[b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Karl Randolph, 05/21/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, B. M. Rocine, 05/21/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Liz Fried, 05/21/2003
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- Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Jim West, 05/21/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Karl Randolph, 05/21/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Karl Randolph, 05/22/2003
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, B. M. Rocine, 05/22/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Karl Randolph, 05/22/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Liz Fried, 05/22/2003
- RE: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Jim West, 05/22/2003
  - RE: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Liz Fried, 05/22/2003
- [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Cohen, Izzy, 05/24/2003
- Re: [b-hebrew] Genesis 1:2 tohu ubohu, Karl Randolph, 05/25/2003