Tehom

Tehom (Hebrew: תְּהוֹם təhôm) is a Northwest Semitic and Biblical Hebrew word meaning "the deep” or “abyss” (literally “the deeps”). It is used to describe the primeval ocean and the post-creation waters of the earth. Tiamat, a Mesopotamian primordial goddess of the sea, may be cognate with tehom in the Book of Genesis 1:2. According to a theological dictionary, it derives from a Semitic root which denoted the sea as an unpersonified entity with mythological import.

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