{"def":{"short":"a desolation (of surface), i.e., desert; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain","long":["formlessness, confusion, unreality, emptiness",["formlessness (of primeval earth)",["nothingness, empty space"],"that which is empty or unreal (of idols) (figuratively)","wasteland, wilderness (of solitary places)","place of chaos","vanity"]]},"deriv":"from an unused root meaning to lie waste","pronun":{"ipa":"t̪oˈhuː","ipa_mod":"to̞wˈhu","sbl":"tōhû","dic":"toh-HOO","dic_mod":"toh-HOO"}}