תחת

See also: תּחת

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ח־ת (t-kh-t)

Related to Arabic تَحْتَ (taḥta), Ge'ez ታሕተ (taḥtä), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎈𐎚 (tḥt /⁠taḥta⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.χat/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.xas/, [ˈta.xəs]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ħat/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈtæ.ħæθ/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ħaθ/

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Preposition

תַּחַת • (tákhat) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. below
2. underneath
3. in lieu of
4. instead of
   • Tanach, Genesis 22:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְהִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ בְּקַרְנָיו וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אֶת הָאַיִל וַיַּעֲלֵהוּ לְעֹלָה תַּחַת בְּנוֹ׃

     And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt-offering in the stead of his son.

   • Tanach, Esther 2:4, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְהַנַּעֲרָה אֲשֶׁר תִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ תִּמְלֹךְ תַּחַת וַשְׁתִּי וַיִּיטַב הַדָּבָר בְּעֵינֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן׃

     and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.’ And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

5. as successor to

Inflection

Inflection table

Non-personal-pronoun-including form				תַּחַת (tákhat)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
First person	תַּחְתַּי (takhtái), תַּחְתֵּנִי (takhténi)		תַּחְתֵּינוּ (takhtéinu)
Second person	תַּחְתֶּיךָ (takhtékha)	תחתייך / תַּחְתַּיִךְ (takhtáyikh)	תַּחְתֵּיכָם (takhteikhém)	תַּחְתֵּיכֶן (takhteikhén)
Third person	תַּחְתָּיו (takhtáv)	תַּחְתֶּיהָ (takhtéha)	תַּחְתֵּיהֶם (takhteihém), תַּחְתָּם (takhtám)	תַּחְתֵּיהֶן (takhteihén), תַּחְתָּן (takhtán)

Noun

תַּחַת • (tákhat) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. bottom
2. underside
3. (vulgar) butt, ass

Derived terms

• חור תחת / חֹר תַּחַת (khor tákhat)
• שַׁק לִי בַּתַּחַת (shaq li batáḥat)

Descendants

• Yiddish: תּחת (tokhes)
  • → Dutch: toges
  • → English: toches, tush, tushie
  • → German: Toches
  • → Spanish: tujes

References

• H8478 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Noun

תחת • (tokhes)

1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּחת (tokhes).