תחת

See also: תּחת‎

Contents

HebrewEdit

EtymologyEdit

Root
ת־ח־ת‎

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.χat/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ħaθ/

PrepositionEdit

תַּחַת • (tákhat) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

1. below
2. underneath
3. in lieu of
4. instead of
   • Genesis 22:13

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

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   • Esther 2:4

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

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5. as successor to

InflectionEdit

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)

NounEdit

תַּחַת • (tákhat) m [pattern: קֶטֶל]

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

DescendantsEdit

• Yiddish: תּחת‎ (tokhes)

ReferencesEdit

• “H8478”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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YiddishEdit

NounEdit

תחת • (tokhes)

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