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bōhū בֹּהוּ ‘void’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be empty

bōhū n, m
1) emptiness, void, waste

Mentioned in Genesis 1:2 Isaiah 34:11 Jeremiah 4:23

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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