תהה TWOT 2494 ( ^√ of foll.; meaning dub. ; Aramaic תְּהָא ^is rage, roar (of earth, with ref. to Gn 1:2 ), of man, bluster; al. cf. Arabic تَاﻩَ ( ى ) ( tāha (y) ) go astray , تِيﻩٌ ( tīhun ) desert waste , but this very doubtful ) .

• תֹּ֫הוּ S 8414 TWOT 2494a GK 9332 n.m. 1 S 1 2, 21 ( Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 112 )

formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness (primary meaning difficult to seize; Vrss usually κενόν, οὐδέν, µάταιον , inane, vacuum, vanum; cf. Lag

BN 144 );— 1. formlessness , of primaeval earth Gn 1:2 ( P ), of land reduced to

primaeval chaos Je 4:23 (both + וָבֹהוּ and voidness ), Is 34:11 קַו־תֿ׳ ^(|| אבְנֵי בֹהוּ ^{), 45:18} לֹא ת׳ בְרָאָהּ ^(|| לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ ^{); 24:10} קִרְיַת־תּ׳ city of

chaos (of ruined city); = nothingness, empty space , Jb 26:7 עַל־תּ׳ נֹטֶה צָפֹון ; of empty, trackless waste Dt 32:10 ( || מִדְבָּר ^), Jb 6:18 ; 12:24 = ψ

107:40 . 2. fig. of what is empty, unreal , as idols 1 S 12:21 ( coll. : לֹא יוֹעִילוּ אַחֲרֵי הַתּ׳ אֲשֶׁר ^{), v} 21 Is 41:29 רוּחַ וָת׳ נִסְכֵּיהֶם ^{, 44:9} (of idol-

makers), groundless arguments or considerations, Is 29:21 וַיַּטּוּ בַתּ׳ צַדִּיק ^,

59:4 moral unreality or falsehood בָּטוֹחַ עַל־תּ׳ ^(|| וְדַבֶּר־שָׁוְא ^{); =} a thing

of nought ( cf. Ecclus 41:10 מתהו אל תהו ^{), Is 40:17 (||} אַיִן ^, אֶפֶס ^{), v} 23 שֹׁפְטֵי אֶרֶץ כַּתּ׳ עָשָׂה ^(|| לְאַיִן ^), worthlessness 49:4 לְת׳ וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי ^(|| לְרִיק יָגַעְתִּי ^{); as adv.} acc. 45:19 I said not, תֹּהוּ בַקְּשׁוּנִי ^seek

me emptily, to no purpose . Cf. 29:13 G וְתֹהוּ ^for וַתֹּהִי ^.

תָּהֳלָה S 8417 TWOT 2494b GK 9334 n.f. error ( ^? si vera l. ; √ תהל according to Di ^{Lex. Æth. 522}, who cp. Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( taḥala ) ^III. rove, wander; Arabic وَﻩَلَ

Albr K. Albretch. ZAW Z. f. alttest. Wissenschaft . Vrss Old Versions.
fig. figurative.

Ecclus Ecclesiasticus; Ecclus, Oxford ed., = Heb. Fragments of Ecclesiasticus, edd. Neubauer and Cowley.
adv. adverb.
si vera l. si vera lectico.

Or . ii. 60;