תחת

See also: תּחת‎

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ת־ח־ת‎

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

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/

Preposition

תַּחַת • (tákhat) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. below
2. underneath
3. in lieu of
4. instead of
   • 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.

   • 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

Descendants

• Yiddish: תּחת‎ (tokhes)

References

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

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Yiddish

Noun

תחת • (tokhes)

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