tohu-bohu
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tohu-bohu
- /ˌtəʊ.huːˈbəʊ.huː/ UK
- /ˌtoʊ.huˈboʊ.hu/ UK
Where it comes from
From Biblical Hebrew תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, from תֹּהוּ (tóhu, “nothingness, void”) + בֹּהוּ (bóhu, “emptiness, desolation”).
noun tohubohu
- Chaos, disorder, confusion. Yet a judge may […] be required to dive, at a moment's notice, into the tohu-bohu of inquiries, which have never yet emerged from the stage of chaos...
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noun formless chaos; void
| Français | tohu-bohu |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Tohuwabohu |
Talk about this word "tohu-bohu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tohu-bohu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tohu-bohu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tohu-bohu "tohu-bohu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tohu-bohu.Cite this
@misc{tohu_bohu_2026,
title = {tohu-bohu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tohu-bohu},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
