Lexical Summary tachath: underneath, below, instead of Original Word: תַּחַתTransliteration: tachath Phonetic Spelling: (takh'-ath) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: underneath, below, instead of Meaning: the bottom, below, in lieu of Strong's Concordance Thahash The same as tachash; Tachash, a relative of Abraham -- Thahash. see HEBREW tachash Brown-Driver-Briggs H8478. tachath תַּחַת noun [masculine] the under part (Arabic id.), hence as adverb accusative and preposition underneath, below, instead of (so Arabic , Sabean תחת, Ethiopic Phoenician תחת (Lzb385); Biblical Aramaic תְּחוֺת ᵑ7,, Palmyrene in לתחת מן Tariff Genesis 1:4 (Cooke320), Syriac ); — 1 as adverb accusative Genesis 49:25 (= Deuteronomy 33:13) the deep תָּ֑חַת רֹבֶצֶת that coucheth beneath; more usually with מִתָּחַת מִן, literally off (מִן 1c) the under part = beneath, Exodus 20:4 (= Deuteronomy 5:8) מִתָּ֑חַת בָּאָרֶץ (so 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 47:1b 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 עוֺדֶנִּי בַּעֲדֵנִי,: Ges§ 103d) 2 Samuel 22:37, 40, 48 (Psalm 18:37; 18:40; 18:48 תַּחְתָּ֑י); תַּחְתֶּיךָ; תַּחְתָּיו (Kt תַּחְתּוֺ 2 Samuel 2:23; 3:12; 16:8; Job 9:13), תֵּחְתֶּיהָ Leviticus 13:23 16t., תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה (compare עוֺדֶנָּה אֵינֶנָּה,) 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; 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 כָּלֿ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם under the whole heaven (so Deuteronomy 2:25; 4:19; Job 28:24; 37:3; 41:3; Daniel 9:12), Dan 18:4 ׳ת הָעֵץ, Dan 21:15; Dan 24:2+ often; Job 30:14 ׳תּ שׁוֺאָה under the crash they roll themselves against me; ׳ת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Ecclesiastes 1:3, 9, 13 +? Ecclesiastes (so in Phoenician, Cooke4. 7; 5. 12). With לְ2 Chronicles 4:3 לוֺ תַּחַת, Song of Solomon 2:6 = 8:3 ׳ת לְראֹשִׁי. Idiomatic a. הָהָר תַּחַת at the foot of the mountain, Exodus 24:4; Deuteronomy 4:11, so 3:17 ת הַמִּסְגָּה ׳אַשְׁדֹּת Joshua 11:3, 17 +; figurative Psalm 18:37 אְעָדַי תַּרְחִיד תַּחְתָּ֑י thou broadenest mysteps under me, Job 36:15 תַּחְתֶּיךָ מוּצָק לאֹ רַחַב (so read for תחתיה, Di Bu) breadth unstraitened is beneath thee. b. ת ׳הַלָּשׁוֺן, 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 ת וָאָוֶן עָמָל ׳לְשֹׁנוֺ, Job 20:12 (so ׳ת שְׁפָתֵימוֺ Psalm 140:4), of praise 66:17 ת ׳וְרוֺמַם לְשֹׁנוֺ (synonym בִּגְרוֺנָם 149:6). c. פ ׳תַּחַת: (a) of subjection, Psalm 18:40 קָמַי רִיעַ תַּכְּ תַּחְתָּ֑י, 18:48 (compare 47:4; 144:2), 45:6; Job 9:13. (b) of a woman, ׳ת אִישָׁתּ, i.e. under his authority, Numbers 5:19-20, 29, so Ezekiel 23:5 תַּחְתַּי being under me = being mine (figurative of Israel as ׳יs spouse), compare ὕπανδρος Romans 7:2, and Qor 66:10. (c) of being burdened or oppressed under, Isaiah 24:5 the earth ת ׳הָֽנְפָה יָֽשְׁבֶיהָ, Proverbs 30:21 ׳ת אֶרֶץ רָגְזָה שָׁלוֺשׁ, 30:22; 30:23; Habakkuk 3:7 ׳ת אָיֶן i.e. (si vera 1.) suffering under calamity. d. ׳ת פ ׳יַד, of authority or control, Genesis 41:35 ת בָר ׳וְיִצְבְּרוּ מַּרְעֹה יַד; Judges 3:30 (compare Psalm 106:42), 1 Samuel 21:4; 21:5 (strike out אֶל; dittograph חֹל), v.21:9; Isaiah 3:6. e. ׳ת פ ׳רַגְלֵי, of subjection or conquest, Psalm 8:7 ת ׳שַׁתָּה כֹּל רַגְלָיו, 18:39; 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 אִישׁ שְׁבוּ תַּחְתָּיו abide every one in his place, Leviticus 13:23, 28; Joshua 5:8; 6:5, 20; Judges 7:21; 1 Samuel 14:9 תַחְתֵּינוּ וְעָמַדְנוּ we will remain where we are, 2 Samuel 2:23 תַּחְתָּו וַיָּמָת he died where he was (compare Jeremiah 38:9 [read וּמֵת]), 7:10; Isaiah 25:10; 46:7; Amos 2:13; Habakkuk 3:16 אֶרְגָּ֑ז וְתַחְתַּי I tremble where I stand, Zechariah 12:6; 14:10; Job 36:20; 40:12 תַּחְתָּם b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of: (a) Genesis 2:18; 4:25 ׳ת הֶבֶל instead of Abel, 22:13 ׳ת בְּנוֺ, 30:2 ׳הֲת אנכי אלהיס (compare 50:19), 44:33; 2 Samuel 19:1 + often; Job 16:4; Isaiah 3:24; 55:13; 61:3, 7; of one succeeding to the place of another, וַיִּמְחֹ תַּחְתָּיו Genesis 36:33-49 1 Kings 8:20; 11:43; 14:20 + often, Deuteronomy 2:12, 21 תַחְתָּם וַיֵָּֽשְׁבוּ, 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 CISi.3.9 (Cooke30). Sq. infinitive Isaiah 60:15 ׳ת הֱיוֺתֵח instead of thy being . . . Peculiarly Job 34:26 (si vera lectio)= as if they were, like; but text very dubious; Bi Bu רְשָׁעִ֑ים חֲמָתוֺ תָּחֵת 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 ׳ת בְנֵח דּוּדָאֵי in return, for thy son's love-apples, Exodus 21:23) גֶפְשׁlife for life, 21:24; 21:25; 21:26; 21:27; 21:36; Exodus 22:37, Joshua 2:14 לָמוּת תַחְתֵּיכֶם נַפְשֵׁנוּ, 1 Samuel 2:20; 1 Kings 20:39 ת ׳נפשׁך נפשׁו, 20:42 (compare 2 Kings 10:24), 21:2; Isaiah 43:3-4, often with verbs of requiting, Genesis 44:4 ת רָעָה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם ׳לָ֫מּה טוֺבָם why have ye rewarded evil in exchange for good ? 1 Samuel 25:21; 2 Samuel 16:12; 19:22; Psalm 35:12 ת דָעָה ׳יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי טוֺבָה, 38:21a; 109:4; 109:5; Proverbs 17:3 +; Jeremiah 5:19 מֶה תַּחַת in return for what? (compare עַלמֶֿה 22:8; Deuteronomy 29:23; 1 Kings 9:8). So followed by infinitive Psalm 38:21b. 3 as conjunction: a. אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת: (a) instead of that (German. anstatt dass), Deuteronomy 28:62 ׳ת ׳א הֱיִיתֶם 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 ׳ת לא קִנָּא ׳אֲשֶׁר, Deuteronomy 21:14; 22:29; 28:47; 1 Samuel 26:21; 2 Kings 22:17 2 Chronicles 34:25; Isaiah 53:12; Jeremiah 29:19; 50:7; 2 Chronicles 21:12. b. כִּי תַּחַת Deuteronomy 4:37 (but ? read : וֶַתּחִי as end of 4:36), Proverbs 1:29. compare (כִּיׅ אֲשֶׁר עֵקֶב. III compounds: — 1 אֶלתַּֿחַת, after a verb of motion: a. (in) under, Judges 6:19 ׳ת הָאֵלָה אֶלֿ וַיּוֺצֵא, 1 Kings 8:6 ("" 2 Chronicles 5:7), Jeremiah 3:6; 38:11 (on 1 Samuel 21:5 see II. 1 d); after קָרָא Zechariah 3:10: so ׳אֶלתֿ ׳לְ Ezekiel 10:2. b. into the place of, Leviticus 14:42. 2 מִתַּחַת (= ὑπ’ ἐκ): a. alone, from under, from beneath as הַשָּׁמַיִם מִתַּחַת Genesis 1:7, and especially after such verbs as שִׁחֵת 6:17, מָחֶה Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 9:14; 25:19; 29:19; 2 Kings 14:27, הֶאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 7:24, compare Lamentations 3:66; Ezekiel 47:1 a הַבַּיִת ׳מִתּ מִמְּתַּן, Proverbs 22:27 מִּתַּחְתֶּיךָ מִשְׁכָּֽבְּךָ יִקַח לָ֫מָּה; Exodus 6:6-7, ׳מִתּ מִצְרַיִם סִבְלוֺת, Hosea 4:12 מִתּ ׳וַיִּזְנוּ אֱלֹהֵיהֶם (compare II. 1 c a, b); ׳מִתּ פ ׳יַד (compare II. 1 d) from under the hand (power) of ... Exodus 18:10; 2 Kings 8:20, 22; 13:5; 17:7 +; מִתַּחְתָּיו (compare II. 2 a) from his place Exodus 10:23; Zechariah 6:12. Rarely = תַּחַת or לְ ׳מִתַּחַת, Genesis 1:9 (P) Ezekiel 1:8; 42:9; 46:23; Job 26:5. b. לְ ׳מִתַּחַת (opposed to לְ ׳מִמַּעַל) under, beneath: Genesis 1:17 לָרָקִיעַ מִתּ אֲשֶׁר ׳הַמַּיִם, Exodus 20:4 לָאָרֶץ מִתַּחַת הַמַּיִם (so Deuteronomy 4:18; 5:8), Judges 3:16 ׳מִתּ לְמַדָּיו, Jeremiah 38:12 +; of locality, Genesis 35:8 ׳מִתּ לְבֵיתְאֵל, 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Kings 4:12. c. לְ ׳לְמִתַּחַת ( compare מִן 9b), id quod לְ ׳מִתַּחַת 1 Kings 7:32. |