Original Language Studio
Psalms 42:8
“Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
תְּהוֹםtᵉhôwm · teh-home'
H8415 · Hebrew
H8415 · Hebrew
- Definition
- an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
- Derivation
- or תְּהֹם; (usually feminine) from H1949 (הוּם);
- KJV renderings
- deep (place), depth.
- Grammar
- תְּהֽוֹם — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 36 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:2Genesis 7:11Genesis 8:2Genesis 49:25Exodus 15:5
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read תְּהוֹם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.