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Strong's #8478 - תַּחַת
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- the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
- the under part adv accus
- beneath prep
- under, beneath
- at the foot of (idiom)
- sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
- of subjection or conquest
- what is under one, the place in which one stands
- in one´s place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
- in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
- in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
- instead of, instead of that
- in return for that, because that in compounds
- in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
- from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath
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2892) tht (תההת THhT) AC: ? CO: Under AB: ?: The lower or bottom part of something. [from: ht- as the under part is divided from what is above]
Nm ) tht (תההת THhT) - Under: Under or underneath. Also to be underneath in the sense of being in place of something else. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (25): instead, under, for, as, with, from, flat, same - Strongs: H8478 (תַּחַת), H8479 (תְּחֹת)
cm) tfht (תההות THhWT) - Under: KJV (4): under - Strongs: H8460 (תְּחֹת)
fm) itht (תההתי THhTY) - Low: A low place. KJV (19): nether, lowest, lower - Strongs: H8482 (תַּחְתִּי)
jm) nftht (תההתונ THhTWN) - Lower: KJV (13): nether, lower, lowest, nethermost - Strongs: H8481 (תַּחְתֹן)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
adverb accusative and
preposition underneath, below, instead of (so Arabic , Sabean תחת, Ethiopic Phoenician תחת (Lzb385); Biblical Aramaic ᵑ7, תְּחוֺת, Palmyrene in מן לתחת Tariff Genesis 1:4 (Cooke320), Syriac ); — 1 as
adverb accusative Genesis 49:25 (= Deuteronomy 33:13) the deep רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת that coucheth beneath; more usually with מִן, מִתָּחַת literally off (מִן
1 c) the under part = beneath, Exodus 20:4 (= Deuteronomy 5:8) בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת (so Deuteronomy 4:39; Joshua 2: 1 Kings 8:23 [both D2], Isaiah 51:6), Deuteronomy 33:27; Judges 7:8; Amos 2:9; Isaiah 14:9; Job 18:16; Ezekiel 47:1 b
II. as
preposition; so construct, and with suffix (usually in the plural, and so literally in the parts underneath) תַּחְתַּי Habakkuk 3:16+, חַתֵּנִי (compare בַּעֲדֵנִי, עוֺדֶנִּי: Ges§ 103 d) 2 Samuel 22:37,40,48 ( Psalm 18:37; 18:40; 18:48 תַּחְתָּ֑י); תַּחְתֶּיךָ; תַּחְתָּיו (Kt תַּחְתּוֺ 2 Samuel 2:23; 2 Samuel 3:12; 2 Samuel 16:8; Job 9:13), תֵּחְתֶּיהָ Leviticus 13:23 16t., תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה (compare אֵינֶנָּה, עוֺדֶנָּה) Genesis 2:21; תַּחְתֵּינוּ 1 Samuel 14:9; Psalm 47:4; תַּחְתֵּיהֶם Joshua 2:14; Amos 2:13; תַּחְתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:31; 1 Kings 20:24; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:22; 2 Chronicles 12:10 (for תַּחְתָּם 1 Kings 14:27), תַּחְתָּם Deuteronomy 2:12 10t., תַּחְתֵּקהֶן Jeremiah 28:13; —
1 under, beneath, Genesis 7:19 הַשָּׁמַיִם תַּחַת כָּלֿ under the whole heaven (so Deuteronomy 2:25; Deuteronomy 4:19; Job 28:24; Job 37:3; Job 41:3; Daniel 9:12), Daniel 18:4 הָעֵץ׳ת, Daniel 21:15; Daniel 24:2+ often; Job 30:14 שׁוֺאָה׳תּ under the crash they roll themselves against me; הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ׳ת Ecclesiastes 1:3,9,13 #NAME? Ecclesiastes (so in Phoenician, Cooke4. 7; 5. 12). With לְ 2 Chronicles 4:3 תַּחַת לוֺ, Song of Solomon 2:6 = Song of Solomon 8:3 לְראֹשִׁי׳ת. Idiomatic
a. תַּחַת הָהָר at the foot of the mountain, Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:11, so Deuteronomy 3:17 ׳אַשְׁדֹּת הַמִּסְגָּה ת Joshua 11:3,17 +; figurative Psalm 18:37 תַּחְתָּ֑י תַּרְחִיד אְעָדַי thou broadenest mysteps under me, Job 36:15 רַחַב לאֹ מוּצָק תַּחְתֶּיךָ (so read for תחתיה, Di Bu) breadth unstraitened is beneath thee.
b.׳הַלָּשׁוֺן ת, of something held there as a dainty morsel, and ready, when needed, to be brought out, figurative of sweetness Song of Solomon 4:11, of evil Psalm 10:7 ׳לְשֹׁנוֺ עָמָל וָאָוֶן ת, Job 20:12 (so שְׁפָתֵימוֺ׳ת Psalm 140:4), of praise Psalm 66:17 לְשֹׁנוֺ׳וְרוֺמַם ת (synonym בִּגְרוֺנָם Psalm 149:6).
c.׳תַּחַת פ: ( a) of subjection, Psalm 18:40 תַּחְתָּ֑י תַּכְּ רִיעַ קָמַי, Psalm 18:48 (compare Psalm 47:4; Psalm 144:2), Psalm 45:6; Job 9:13. ( b) of a woman, אִישָׁתּ׳ת, i.e. under his authority, Numbers 5:19,20,29, so Ezekiel 23:5 תַּחְתַּי being under me = being mine (figurative of Israel as ׳י s spouse), compare ὕπανδρος Romans 7:2, and Qor 66:10. ( c) of being burdened or oppressed under, Isaiah 24:5 the earth יָֽשְׁבֶיהָ׳הָֽנְפָה ת, Proverbs 30:21 שָׁלוֺשׁ רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ׳ת, Proverbs 30:22; Proverbs 30:23; Habakkuk 3:7 אָיֶן׳ת i.e. (si vera 1.) suffering under calamity.
d. ׳יַד פ׳ת, of authority or control, Genesis 41:35 יַד מַּרְעֹה׳וְיִצְבְּרוּ בָר ת; Judges 3:30 (compare Psalm 106:42), 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 21:5 (strike out אֶל; dittograph חֹל), v. 1 Samuel 21:9; Isaiah 3:6.
e.׳רַגְלֵי פ ׳ת, of subjection or conquest, Psalm 8:7 רַגְלָיו כֹּל׳שַׁתָּה ת, Psalm 18:39; Psalm 47:4; Lamentations 3:34, compare Malachi 3:31.
2 what is under one, the place in which one stands: hence as accusative,
a. with reflexive pronoun, idiomatic, in one's place, where one stands, Exodus 16:29 תַּחְתָּיו שְׁבוּ אִישׁ abide every one in his place, Leviticus 13:23,28; Joshua 5:8; Joshua 6:5,20; Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9 וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ we will remain where we are, 2 Samuel 2:23 וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּו he died where he was (compare Jeremiah 38:9 [read וּמֵת]), Jeremiah 7:10; Isaiah 25:10; Isaiah 46:7; Amos 2:13; Habakkuk 3:16 וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּ֑ז I tremble where I stand, Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 14:10; Job 36:20; Job 40:12 תַּחְתָּם
b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of: (a) Genesis 2:18; Genesis 4:25 הֶבֶל׳ת instead of Abel, Genesis 22:13 בְּנוֺ׳ת, Genesis 30:2 אלהיס אנכי׳הֲת (compare Genesis 50:19), Genesis 44:33; 2 Samuel 19:1 + often; Job 16:4; Isaiah 3:24; Isaiah 55:13; Isaiah 61:3,7; of one succeeding to the place of another, תַּחְתָּיו וַיִּמְחֹ Genesis 36:33-49 1 Kings 8:20; 1 Kings 11:43; 1 Kings 14:20 + often, Deuteronomy 2:12,21 וַיֵָּֽשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם, Leviticus 16:32; 1 Kings 2:35 +; Psalm 45:17 in place of thy fathers (whom thou mayest therefore forget) will be thy children. compare in Ph CIS i 3:9 (Cooke30). Sq. infinitive Isaiah 60:15 הֱיוֺתֵח׳ת instead of thy being . . . Peculiarly Job 34:26 (si vera lectio)= as if they were, like; but text very dubious; Bi Bu תָּחֵת חֲמָתוֺ רְשָׁעִ֑ים his wrath breaketh in pieces the wicked. (b) in particular, of things mutually interchanged, in place of, in exchange or return for: Genesis 30:15 דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵח׳ת in return, for thy son's love-apples, Exodus 21:23) גֶפְשׁ life for life, Exodus 21:24; Exodus 21:25; Exodus 21:26; Exodus 21:27; Exodus 21:36; Exodus 22:37, Joshua 2:14 נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶםלָמוּת, 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Kings 20:39 נפשׁו׳נפשׁך ת, 1 Kings 20:42 (compare 2 Kings 10:24), 2 Kings 21:2; Isaiah 43:3,4; often with verbs of requiting, Genesis 44:4 טוֺבָם׳לָ֫מּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה ת why have ye rewarded evil in exchange for good ? 1 Samuel 25:21; 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Samuel 19:22; Psalm 35:12 טוֺבָה׳יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי דָעָה ת, Psalm 38:21 a; Psalm 109:4; Psalm 109:5; Proverbs 17:3 +; Jeremiah 5:19 תַּחַת מֶה in return for what? (compare עַלמֶֿה Jeremiah 22:8; Deuteronomy 29:23; 1 Kings 9:8). So followed by infinitive Psalm 38:21b. 3 as
conjunction: a.תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר: ( a) instead of that (German. anstatt dass), Deuteronomy 28:62 הֱיִיתֶם׳א ׳ת instead of that ye were..., instead of your being.., Ezekiel 36:34. (b) in return for (the fact) that, because that (ᵐ5 ἀνθ’ ὧν Amos 1:3 + often), Numbers 25:13 ׳אֲשֶׁר קִנָּא לא׳ת, Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 22:29; Deuteronomy 28:47; 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; Isaiah 53:12; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 50:7; 2 Chronicles 21:12.
b. תַּחַת כִּי Deuteronomy 4:37 (but ? read : וֶַתּחִי as end of Deuteronomy 4:36), Proverbs 1:29. compare עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר (כִּיׅ.
III compounds: —
1אֶלתַּֿחַת, after a verb of motion:
a. ( in) under, Judges 6:19 וַיּוֺצֵא אֶלֿהָאֵלָה ׳ת, 1 Kings 8:6 ("" 2 Chronicles 5:7), Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 38:11 (on 1 Samuel 21:5 see
II:1 d); afterקָרָא Zechariah 3:10: so ׳לְ׳אֶלתֿ Ezekiel 10:2.
b. into the place of, Leviticus 14:42.
2 מִתַּחַת (= ὑπ’ ἐκ):
a. alone, from under, from beneath as מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם Genesis 1:7, and especially after such verbs as שִׁחֵת Genesis 6:17, מָחֶה Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 9:14; Deuteronomy 25:19; Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27, הֶאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 7:24, compare Lamentations 3:66; Ezekiel 47:1 a מִמְּתַּן׳מִתּ הַבַּיִת, Proverbs 22:27 לָ֫מָּה יִקַח מִשְׁכָּֽבְּךָ מִּתַּחְתֶּיךָ; Exodus 6:6,7 סִבְלוֺת מִצְרַיִם׳מִתּ, Hosea 4:12 אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׳וַיִּזְנוּ מִתּ (compare
II:1 c a, b); ׳יַד פ׳מִתּ (compare
II:1 d) from under the hand (power) of ... Exodus 18:10; 2 Kings 8:20,22; 2 Kings 13:5; 2 Kings 17:7 +; מִתַּחְתָּיו (compare
II:2 a) from his place Exodus 10:23; Zechariah 6:12. Rarely = תַּחַת or ׳מִתַּחַת לְ, Genesis 1:9 (P) Ezekiel 1:8; Ezekiel 42:9; Ezekiel 46:23; Job 26:5.
b.׳מִתַּחַת לְ (opposed to ׳מִמַּעַל לְ) under, beneath: Genesis 1:17 ׳הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתּלָרָקִיעַ, Exodus 20:4 הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ (so Deuteronomy 4:18; Deuteronomy 5:8), Judges 3:16 לְמַדָּיו׳מִתּ, Jeremiah 38:12 +; of locality, Genesis 35:8 לְבֵיתְאֵל׳מִתּ, 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 4:12.
c. ׳לְמִתַּחַת לְ ( compare מִן
9b), id quod ׳מִתַּחַת לְ 1 Kings 7:32.
תַּחַת
(1) subst. the lower part, that which is below. (Arab. تَحْتُ id., compare Eth. አትሐተ፡ to let down, to lower, ተትሕተ፡ to be lowered, depressed, ትሑት፡ low, ታሕተ፡ under. It may, however, be doubted whether ת final be primary and radical, or secondary, which latter opinion is supported by the Arab. تاخ to go down and dip (one’s finger); whence תַּחַת may be derived, like נַחַת, from נוּחַ.) Hence, in acc. adverb. below, beneath, Genesis 49:25; Deuteronomy 33:13 מִתַּחַת id. (comp. מִן No. 3, c), Exodus 20:4; Joshua 2:11. In constr. state (for which there is once תַּחַת לְ Song of Solomon 2:6), and with suff., commonly pl. תַּחְתַּי, תַּחְתֶּיךָ, תַּחְתָּיו, תַּחְתֶּיהַ, תַּחְתֵּינוּ, תַּחְתָּם, תַּחְתֵּיבֶם, תַּחְתֵּיהֶם; rarely sing. תַּחְתֵּנִי 2 Samuel 22:37, 40 2 Samuel 22:40, 48 2 Samuel 22:48 (as to the form of which, see Hebr. Gramm. § 36, note). Prep. below, beneath, under (ὑπό), Arab. تَحْتَ. תַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם under heaven, Daniel 9:12 הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ תַּחַת under the sun (see שֶׁמֶשׁ ); תַּחַת הָהָר beneath the mountain, at the foot of the mountain, Exodus 24:4 תַּחַת הַלָּשׁוֹן under the tongue, Psalms 10:7, 66:17, and תַּחַת שְׂפָתַיִם under the lips, Psalms 140:4, i.e. in the mouth; תַּהַת יַד פּ׳ under the hand, i.e. in the power of any one, 1 Samuel 21:9. Of a woman it is said, she commits whoredom, adultery, under her husband, Numbers 5:19; Ezekiel 23:5, i.e. she commits whoredom who ought to obey the authority of her husband. But Habakkuk 3:16, may be rendered, תַּחְתַּי אֶרְגַּז “I tremble in my lower parts,” i.e. my knees and feet tremble.-With verbs of motion it is
(a) beneath, under any thing, 2 Samuel 22:37, 40 2 Samuel 22:40, 48 2 Samuel 22:48; Genesis 18:4; Judges 3:30.
(b) κατά, down, downwards, i.q. מַטָּה, Amos 2:13, אָנֹכִי מֵעִיק תַּחְתֵּיבֶם, prop. “I press you downwards;” Job 40:12.
With preff.
(α) מִתַּחַת adv. below, beneath (see above), prep. ὑπʼ ἐκ, unter (etwas) hervor, heraus, hinweg, from under, from beneath, used of those that were under anything, and come out from thence, Ezekiel 47:1, “waters came out מִתָּחַת הַמִּפְתָּן from under the threshold;” Proverbs 22:27, “why should they take away thy bed מִתַּחְתֶּיךָ from under thee?” i.e. on which thou liest; Exodus 6:6; Deuteronomy 7:24. Hence זָנָה מִתַּחַת פּ׳, see זָנָה. More rarely for מִתָּחַת לְ below, under (any thing), Job 26:5; Ezekiel 42:9. Another מִתַּחַת (out of a place), see No. 2.
(β) מִתַּחַת לְ (opp. to מֵעַל לְ), below, under any thing, as מִתַּחַת לָרָקִיעַ below the firmament, Genesis 1:7; Exodus 30:4 מִתַּחַת לְבֵית אֵל at the foot of Bethel (situated on a mountain), Genesis 35:5, compare 1 Samuel 7:11.
(γ) לְמִתַּחַת לְ i.q. preceding, after a verb of motion, 1 Kings 7:32.
(δ) אֶל תַּחַת under, sub, subter, with an acc. Jerem. 3:6 Zechariah 3:10, אֶל תָּחַת לְ Ezekiel 10:2 with an abl. 1 Samuel 21:4.
(2) what is under any one, the place in which any one stands, is constituted. Zechariah 6:12, יִצְמַח מִתַּחְתָּיו “from his place he shall grow up,” compare Exodus 10:23. Hence
(a) in acc. in a place, Exodus 16:29, שְׁבוּ אִישׁ תַּחְתָּיו “remain, every one in his own place;” Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9; 2 Samuel 2:23, 7:10 1 Chronicles 17:9; Job 36:16, רַחַב לֹא מוּצַק תַּחְתֶּיהָ a wide space, where (pr. in which place) there is no straitness.
(b) in the place of, for, instead of (anftatt), used of those who succeed into the place of another. Levit. 16:32 Esther 2:17 Psal. 45:17, תַּחַת אֲבוֹתֶיךָ יִהְיוּ בָנֶיךָ “in the stead of thy fathers shall be thy children.” Hence used of things which are interchanged, used of price (for) Genesis 30:15; 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Kings 21:2, and after verbs of requiting, 1 Samuel 25:21. תַּחַת מֶה for what? why? Jeremiah 5:19.
With a relat. conj. תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר
(1) instead of that (anftatt daß), Deuteronomy 28:62.
(2) because that, i.e. because, Deuteronomy 21:14; 2 Kings 22:17. תַּחַת כִּי id. Deuteronomy 4:37. Also in the same sense תַּחַת followed by an inf. Isaiah 60:15, compare Job 34:26. תַּחַת רְשָׁעִים for the fuller תַּחַת הֱיוֹתָם רְשָׁעִים “because they are wicked.”
(3) [Thahath], (“station,” “place”), pr.n.
(a) of a station of the Israelites in the desert, Numbers 33:26.
(b) m.
(α) 1 Chronicles 6:9, 22 1 Chronicles 6:22.
(β) and γ) 1 Chronicles 7:20.
תַּחַת Chald. id. Daniel 4:11, מִן תַּחְתּוֹחִי i.q. Hebr. מִתַּחְתָּיו. The more usual form is תְּחוֹת.