nihil
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4ADJ.
overall, pure
VERB + NIHIL
dissolved, power
NIHIL + NOUN
whirlpool
PREP.
into, without
Definitions
noun
A nihil dicit.
nothingness, nonbeing
I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth: They have dissolved into nihil.
All tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil disappears.
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3I shall no longer believe all the visions of my youth: They have dissolved into nihil.
WiktionaryAll tales about the beginning are apt to eliminate the nothing and make being overall. […] Without Nihil the whirlpool of the beginning settles down and becomes a stagnant puddle of pure being. Nihil
WiktionaryThat is, in the sovereign act of creation, whereby YHWH orders chaos, YHWH provisionally defeated the power of the Nihil but did not destroy or eliminate the threat of chaos.
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