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Tohu wa-bohu
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Tohu wa-bohu or Tohu va-Vohu is a Biblical Hebrew phrase found in the Genesis creation narrative, which describes the condition of the earth immediately before the creation of light in Genesis 1:3.
Miniature of the first two Days of Creation (separation of light and darkness; separation of the primordial waters by the firmament), William de Brailes Ms. W.106 (c. 1250)
Miniature of the first two Days of Creation (separation of light and darkness; separation of the primordial waters by the firmament), William de Brail
Pun
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A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical
Tohu wa-bohu
…Genesis 1:2, the passage in Isaiah 34:11 mentioned above, and in Jeremiah 4:23, which is a reference to Genesis 1:2), its use alongside tohu being mere paronomasia, and is given the equivalent translation of "emptiness, voidness". In the early rabbinical period, the verse was a point of contention regarding the…
A black Jeep with license plate BAABAAA – a pun on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"
A black Jeep with license plate BAABAAA – a pun on "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep"
This cartoon makes fun of how the word "pitcher" means both a vessel and a baseball player by morphing one into the other.
This cartoon makes fun of how the word "pitcher" means both a vessel and a baseball player by morphing one into the other.
The Tiecoon Tie shop, in Penn Station NY, an example of a pun in a shop name
The Tiecoon Tie shop, in Penn Station NY, an example of a pun in a shop name