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Genesis 1:2

וְ הָ אָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָ בֹהוּ וְ חֹשֶׁךְ עַל פְּנֵי תְהֹום וְ רוּחַ אֶלֹהִים מְרַחֶפֶת עַל פְּנֵי הַ מָּיִם
The Earth has become an uneven-one and an pure-one9 and a dark-one10 upon the faces11 of an uproar,12 and the spirit of elohim is she-who-flutters13 upon the faces of the Dual-Water-ones.14
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The Abyss ⇒ Noise, Ferment, Clamor

Strong’s #8415, tehom. Abyss. The Depths. Noisy, agitated, roaring. From a primitive root #1949 hum (compare hamam); to make an uproar, or agitate greatly. A mysterious, cryptic word, with clues from Gen. 7:11 “abundant/many uproar” and Gen. 49:25, “upon the kneeled-ones of the uproar, she-who-lies-stretched-out underneath”.

The abyss symbolizes a state of directionless, chaos, emptiness, or inaccessible mystery. The present Bible in all of its translation and tradition, is just such an experience. The bias of the flesh takes the reader not up, but down into an abyss. It is the depths of the pit, of hell, of sheol, of death. It is also the life of Job, before the light dawns on him and he sees.

“…and the whole of El-Strives is causing to blast a great war-blast, and the Earth is being uproared [tehom].” 1 Sam. 4:5 literal