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1 Samuel 12:21

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3808 And turn ye not aside ולא

H5493 תסורו

H3588 for כי

H310 then should ye go after אחרי

H8414 vain התהו

H834 things which אשׁר

H3808 cannot לא

H3276 profit יועילו

H3808 nor ולא

H5337 deliver יצילו

H3588 for כי

H8414 are vain תהו

H1992 they המה׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

turn

not

H3808 aside

H3588 for

then

should

H310 after

H8414 vain

things

H834 which

H3808 cannot

H3276 profit

H3808 nor

H5337 deliver

H3588 for

H1992 they

are

H8414 vain

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H8414

Hebrew: תֹּהוּ

Transliteration: tôhûw

Pronunciation: to'-hoo

Part of Speech: Noun Masculine

Bible Usage: {confusion} empty {place} without {form} {nothing} (thing of) {nought} {vain} {vanity} {waste} wilderness.

Definition:

a desolation (of {surface}) that {is} desert; figuratively a worthless thing; adverbially in vain

1. formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness

a. formlessness (of primeval earth)

1. nothingness, empty space

b. that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (fig)

c. wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)

d. place of chaos

e. vanity

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906