Biblical Hebrew Forum

[K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>]

James:

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:03 AM, James Christian
<jc.bhebrew AT googlemail.com>wrote:

> > … it seems clear to me that 'Tehom' was the proper
> > name of the universal ocean that covered the land in its initial creation
> > state.
> >
> > THWM is used in the plural in Psalms 33:7, 107:26, 135:6 and Proverbs
> 3:20,
> indicating, along with its other uses, that it was considered just a noun
> referring to the deep seas. Other religions may have considered it a proper
> name, but not the Bible.
>
> Hi Karl,
>
> In Genesis 1 it comes across as being used as a proper noun because it is
> used without the definite article.
>
> James Christian


It is never used with a definite article (at least a quick electronic search
failed to find a single example).

Karl W. Randolph.