תּוֹהוּ, תֹּהוּ m. (b. h.; תָּהָה) waste, desolation; vanity, idleness. Snh. 97ᵃ שני אלפים ת׳ וכ׳ two thousand years the world was waste &c. Ib. 26ᵇ, v. שָׁתַת II. Gen. R. s. 2 (ref. to Gen. I, 2) זה קין … לת׳ ובהו this refers to Cain who wanted to reduce the world to waste and desolation; a. fr.
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תּוֹהוּ , תֹּהוּ m. (b. h.; תָּהָה ) waste, desolation; vanity, idleness . Snh. 97ᵃ שני אלפים ת׳ וכ׳ two thousand years the world was waste &c. Ib.…
References
- Jastrow, תָּהָה 1
- Sanhedrin 97a:14
- Sanhedrin 26b:8
- Jastrow, שָׁתַת II 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 2:5
- Genesis 1:2