![]() ![]() In fine, the interpretation of these verses is part of the fallacious cosmology foisted upon the ot by critical scholars and supported by overliteralizing such things as the windows of heaven (better “sluicegates” or “floodgates,” NIV) in the flood account (cf. Deuteronomy 33:15 is similar and may be dependent on the Gen poem. They cite Gen 49:25 “the deep that lies below,” but the previous line shows that this is the deep that lies below the heavens above, not below the earth. Passages alleged by GB include Gen 8:2 which simply speaks of sub-oceanic movement Isa 51:10 and Ezk 26:19 which are not applicable Ezk 31:4 which refers to ordinary springs and several other verses. GB list one meaning as “the Ocean, usually united to the great sea on which the earth rests and from where all the water of the earth comes.” They do not note that Job 26:7 says that the earth is suspended on nothing. Springs are more like the rivers they feed.īoth BDB and GB use this word to foster a strange cosmology. ![]() They probably had not thought of a connection of springs with an underlying ocean because of the simple observable fact that oceans are salt and springs are fresh. What concept the Hebrews had of ground water we do not know, but they had the practical knowledge to dig wells and find springs in the valleys: Deut 8:7 Ps 78:15. There are some references to surface springs as coming from the deep waters below. There are other references to the deep waters of the Mediterranean Sea Jon 2:5 is clear, probably also Ezk 26:19 Ps 107:26 and others. Isaiah 51:10 and 63:13 refer to the crossing of the Red Sea as does Ps 77:16 106:9 Ex 15:5 and others. Modern versions are similar, but sometimes use “springs” or “seas.” The word is used thirty-five times.Ī number of times this word is used merely for a large body of water. Here is TWOT for the same word as you shared in you examples.Ģ495a תְּהוֹם ( tĕhôm) deep, depths, deep places. is highly "borrowed" from TWOT but is not identical or as in-depth as TWOT. Thanks for the information KS4J, it must be noted that while AMG OT Dict. ![]()
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