te.hom denotes the vast watery depths, including the sea, deep waters beneath the land, and their fountains.

The term consistently refers to vast watery depths: the sea and its depths, waters lying beneath, and the deep sources or fountains associated with them. The same reference can be pictured covering, being crossed, restrained, or bursting forth, as in Genesis 1:2, Genesis 7:11, Exodus 15:8, and Isaiah 51:10.

1. Vast watery depths and their sources · dominant

   The noun names a broad expanse or body of deep water in sea and land-water settings. In Genesis 1:2 the singular form is in the clause the APB renders “darkness was upon the face of the deep”; in Exodus 15:8 the plural form occurs amid piled-up waters in the sea, while Genesis 7:11 and Deuteronomy 8:7 place it with fountains, springs, and flowing water. Isaiah 51:10 and Psalm 106:9 likewise portray these depths in connection with the sea being dried or crossed.

   Genesis 1:2Exodus 15:8Genesis 7:11Deuteronomy 8:7Isaiah 51:10Psalm 106:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term as “the deep,” “abysses,” “depths,” and “deeps,” especially in clauses about sea water, fountains, and waters beneath. Some occurrences cannot be assigned a specific English rendering with certainty.