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Tehom (תְּהוֹם, tehom). A Hebrew word often used for the depths of the ocean or with reference to a great and destructive amount of water (see Ezek 31:15).

Tehom may refer to the chaotic primeval ocean (Gen 1:2), to one of the sources of water in the great flood (Gen 7:11), to the waters of the sea (Isa 51:10; Psa 107:26), or to waters that bring death and destruction (Exod 15:5; Ezek 26:19). A common Semitic word for “sea” may lie behind the Hebrew tehom and the Akkadian Tiamat (see HALOT, s.v. תְּהוֹם, tehom). The possible connection is important since Tiamat figures prominently as Marduk’s adversary in the Mesopotamian creation epic, Enuma Elish. Tehom is sometimes used in biblical contexts that evoke this common imagery from ancient Near Eastern mythology (e.g., the Chaoskampf motif). However, many Old Testament references to tehom are simply natural references to the ocean depths or other water sources.

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