tōhū תֹּ֫הוּ ‘formlessness’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to lie waste
tōhū n, m
1) formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness
1a) formlessness (of primeval earth)
1a1) nothingness, empty space
1b) that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)
1c) wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)
1d) place of chaos
1e) vanity