Lexical Definition

‎תַּחַת‎ tachath (takh'-ath) underneath: under ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎תּוֹחַ‎

as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.

• the bottom (as depressed)
• only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.

1) the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas n m
1a) the under part adv accus
1b) beneath prep
1c) under, beneath
1c1) at the foot of (idiom)
1c2) sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
1c3) of subjection or conquest
1d) what is under one, the place in which one stands
1d1) in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
1d2) in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
1d3) in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conj
1e) instead of, instead of that
1f) in return for that, because that in compounds
1g) in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
1h) from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath

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Extended Information

meaning of: תַּחַת

• : swear/allegience/(hand)under
• conj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 ᵑ7, ‎תְּחוֺת‎, Palmyrene in ‎מן לתחת‎ Tariff Gen 1:4 (Cooke³²⁰), Syriac ); —

1. as adverb accusative Gen 49:25 (= Deut 33:13) the deep ‎רֹבֶצֶת תָּ֑חַת‎ that coucheth beneath; more usually with ‎מִן‎, ‎מִתָּחַת‎ literally off (‎מִן‎ 1 c) the under part = beneath, Exod 20:4 (= Deut 5:8) ‎בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּ֑חַת‎ (so Deut 4:39; Josh 2:1l 1Kgs 8:23 [both D²], Isa 51:6), Deut 33:27; Judg 7:8; Amos 2:9; Isa 14:9; Job 18:16; Ezek 47:1b II. as preposition; so construct, and with suffix (usually in the plural, and so literally in the parts underneath) ‎תַּחְתַּי‎ Hab 3:16+, ‎חַתֵּנִי‎ (compare ‎בַּעֲדֵנִי‎, ‎עוֺדֶנִּי‎: Ges^{«GKC:103d»§ 103d}) 2Sam 22:37; 2Sam 22:40; 2Sam 22:48 (Ps 18:37*; Ps 18:40*; Ps 18:48* ‎תַּחְתָּ֑י‎); ‎תַּחְתֶּיךָ‎; ‎תַּחְתָּיו‎ (Kt ‎תַּחְתּוֺ‎ 2Sam 2:23; 2Sam 3:12; 2Sam 16:8; Job 9:13), ‎תֵּחְתֶּיהָ‎ Lev 13:23 + 16 t., ‎תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה‎ (compare ‎אֵינֶנָּה‎, ‎עוֺדֶנָּה‎) Gen 2:21 ‎תַּחְתֵּינוּ‎ 1Sam 14:9; Ps 47:4* ‎תַּחְתֵּיהֶם‎ Josh 2:14; Amos 2:13 ‎תַּחְתֵּיהֶם‎ Num 16:31; 1Kgs 20:24; 1Chr 4:41; 1Chr 5:22; 2Chr 12:10 (for ‎תַּחְתָּם‎ 1Kgs 14:27), ‎תַּחְתָּם‎ Deut 2:12 + 10 t., ‎תַּחְתֵּקהֶן‎ Jer 28:13 —

1. under, beneath, Gen 7:19 ‎הַשָּׁמַיִם תַּחַת כָּלֿ‎ under the whole heaven (so Deut 2:25; Deut 4:19; Job 28:24; Job 37:3; Job 41:3*; Dan 9:12), Dan 18:4 ‎הָעֵץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, Dan 21:15; Dan 24:2 + often; Job 30:14 ‎שׁוֺאָה‎ ‎׳‎‎תּ‎ under the crash they roll themselves against me; ‎הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Eccl 1:3; Eccl 1:9; Eccl 1:13 + often Ecclesiastes (so in Phoenician, Cooke^{4. 7; 5. 12}). With ‎לְ‎ 2Chr 4:3 ‎תַּחַת לוֺ‎, Song 2:6 = Song 8:3 ‎לְראֹשִׁי‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎. Idiomatic
a. ‎תַּחַת הָהָר‎ at the foot of the mountain, Exod 24:4; Deut 4:11, so Deut 3:17 ‎׳‎‎אַשְׁדֹּת הַפִּסְגָּה ת‎ Josh 11:3; Josh 11:17 +; figurative Ps 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 4:11, of evil Ps 10:7 ‎׳‎‎לְשֹׁנוֺ עָמָל וָאָוֶן ת‎, Job 20:12 (so ‎שְׁפָתֵימוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ps 140:4*), of praise Ps 66:17 ‎לְשֹׁנוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎וְרוֺמַם ת‎ (synonym ‎בִּגְרוֺנָם‎ Ps 149:6).
c. ‎׳‎‎תַּחַת פ‎:
(a) of subjection, Ps 18:40* ‎תַּחְתָּ֑י תַּכְּ רִיעַ קָמַי‎, vPs 18:48* (compare Ps 47:4*; Ps 144:2), Ps 45:6*; Job 9:13.
(b) of a woman, ‎אִישָׁתּ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, i.e. under his authority, Num 5:19; Num 5:20; Num 5:29, so Ezek 23:5 ‎תַּחְתַּי‎ being under me = being mine (figurative of Israel as ‎׳‎‎י‎'s spouse), compare ὕπανδρος Rom 7:2, and Qor 66:10.
(c) of being burdened or oppressed under, Isa 24:5 the earth ‎יָֽשְׁבֶיהָ‎ ‎׳‎‎הָֽנְפָה ת‎, Prov 30:21 ‎שָׁלוֺשׁ רָגְזָה אֶרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, vProv 30:22 vProv 30:23; Hab 3:7 ‎אָיֶן‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ i.e. (si vera 1.) suffering under calamity.
d. ‎׳‎‎יַד פ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, of authority or control, Gen 41:35 ‎יַד פַּרְעֹה‎ ‎׳‎‎וְיִצְבְּרוּ בָר ת‎; Judg 3:30 (compare Ps 106:42), 1Sam 21:4*; 1Sam 21:5* (strike out ‎אֶל‎; dittograph ‎חֹל‎), v.1Sam 21:9*; Isa 3:6.
e. ‎׳‎‎רַגְלֵי פ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, of subjection or conquest, Ps 8:7* ‎רַגְלָיו כֹּל‎ ‎׳‎‎שַׁתָּה ת‎, Ps 18:39*; Ps 47:4*; Lam 3:34, compare Mal 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, Exod 16:29 ‎תַּחְתָּיו שְׁבוּ אִישׁ‎ abide every one in his place, Lev 13:23; Lev 13:28; Josh 5:8; Josh 6:5; Josh 6:20; Judg 7:21; 1Sam 14:9 ‎וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ‎ we will remain where we are, 2Sam 2:23 ‎וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּו‎ he died where he was (compare Jer 38:9 [read ‎וּמֵת‎]), Jer 7:10; Isa 25:10; Isa 46:7; Amos 2:13; Hab 3:16 ‎וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּ֑ז‎ I tremble where I stand, Zech 12:6; Zech 14:10; Job 36:20; Job 40:12 ‎תַּחְתָּם‎
b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of: (a) Gen 2:18; Gen 4:25 ‎הֶבֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ instead of Abel, Gen 22:13 ‎בְּנוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, Gen 30:2 ‎אלהיס אנכי‎ ‎׳‎‎הֲת‎ (compare Gen 50:19), Gen 44:33; 2Sam 19:1* + often; Job 16:4; Isa 3:24; Isa 55:13; Isa 61:3; Isa 61:7 of one succeeding to the place of another, ‎תַּחְתָּיו וַיִּמְחֹ‎ Gen 36:33-49 1Kgs 8:20; 1Kgs 11:43; 1Kgs 14:20 + often, Deut 2:12; Deut 2:21 ‎וַיֵָּֽשְׁבוּ תַחְתָּם‎, Lev 16:32; 1Kgs 2:35 +; Ps 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 Isa 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: Gen 30:15 ‎דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵח‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ in return, for thy son's love-apples, Exod 21:23) ‎גֶפְשׁ‎life for life, vExod 21:24 vExod 21:25 vExod 21:26 vExod 21:27 vExod 21:36 v.Exod 22:37, Josh 2:14 ‎נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם‎ ‎לָמוּת‎, 1Sam 2:20; 1Kgs 20:39 ‎נפשׁו‎ ‎׳‎‎נפשׁך ת‎, v1Kgs 20:42 (compare 2Kgs 10:24), 2Kgs 21:2; Isa 43:3; Isa 43:4 often with verbs of requiting, Gen 44:4 ‎טוֺבָם‎ ‎׳‎‎לָ֫מּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה ת‎ why have ye rewarded evil in exchange for good ? 1Sam 25:21; 2Sam 16:12; 2Sam 19:22*; Ps 35:12 ‎טוֺבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי דָעָה ת‎, Ps 38:21*a; Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5; Prov 17:3 +; Jer 5:19 ‎תַּחַת מֶה‎ in return for what? (compare ‎עַלמֶֿה‎ Jer 22:8; Deut 29:23*; 1Kgs 9:8). So followed by infinitive Ps 38:21*b.

3. as conjunction: a. ‎תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר‎:
(a) instead of that (German. anstatt dass), Deut 28:62 ‎הֱיִיתֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ instead of that ye were..., instead of your being.., Ezek 36:34. (b) in return for (the fact) that, because that (ᵐ5 ἀνθ’ ὧν Amos 1:3 + often), Num 25:13 ‎׳‎‎אֲשֶׁר קִנָּא לא‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, Deut 21:14; Deut 22:29; Deut 28:47; 1Sam 26:21; 2Kgs 22:17 = 2Chr 34:25; Isa 53:12; Jer 29:19; Jer 50:7; 2Chr 21:12.
b. ‎תַּחַת כִּי‎ Deut 4:37 (but ? read : ‎וֶַ˜תּחִי‎ as end of vDeut 4:36), Prov 1:29. compare ‎עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר (כִּיׅ‎. III compounds: —

1. ‎אֶלתַּֿחַת‎, after a verb of motion:
a. (in) under, Judg 6:19 ‎וַיּוֺצֵא אֶלֿ‎ ‎הָאֵלָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎, 1Kgs 8:6 (|| 2Chr 5:7), Jer 3:6; Jer 38:11 (on 1Sam 21:5* see II. 1 d); after ‎קָרָא‎ Zech 3:10: so ‎׳‎‎לְ‎ ‎׳‎‎אֶלתֿ‎ Ezek 10:2.
b. into the place of, Lev 14:42.

2. ‎מִתַּחַת‎ (= ὑπ’ ἐκ):
a. alone, from under, from beneath as ‎מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם‎ Gen 1:7, and especially after such verbs as ‎שִׁחֵת‎ Gen 6:17, ‎מָחֶה‎ Exod 17:14; Deut 9:14; Deut 25:19; Deut 29:19*; 2Kgs 14:27, ‎הֶאֲבִיד‎ Deut 7:24, compare Lam 3:66; Ezek 47:1 a ‎מִפְּתַּן‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎ ‎הַבַּיִת‎, Prov 22:27 ‎לָ֫מָּה יִקַח מִשְׁכָּֽבְּךָ מִּתַּחְתֶּיךָ‎; Exod 6:6; Exod 6:7 ‎סִבְלוֺת מִצְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎, Hos 4:12 ‎אֱלֹהֵיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎וַיִּזְנוּ מִתּ‎ (compare II. 1 c a, b); ‎׳‎‎יַד פ‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎ (compare II. 1 d) from under the hand (power) of ... Exod 18:10; 2Kgs 8:20; 2Kgs 8:22; 2Kgs 13:5; 2Kgs 17:7 +; ‎מִתַּחְתָּיו‎ (compare II. 2 a) from his place Exod 10:23; Zech 6:12. Rarely = ‎תַּחַת‎ or ‎׳‎‎מִתַּחַת לְ‎, Gen 1:9 (P) Ezek 1:8; Ezek 42:9; Ezek 46:23; Job 26:5.
b. ‎׳‎‎מִתַּחַת לְ‎ (opposed to ‎׳‎‎מִמַּעַל לְ‎) under, beneath: Gen 1:17 ‎׳‎‎הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מִתּ‎ ‎לָרָקִיעַ‎, Exod 20:4 ‎הַמַּיִם מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ‎ (so Deut 4:18; Deut 5:8), Judg 3:16 ‎לְמַדָּיו‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎, Jer 38:12 +; of locality, Gen 35:8 ‎לְבֵיתְאֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎מִתּ‎, 1Sam 7:11; 1Kgs 4:12.
c. ‎׳‎‎לְמִתַּחַת לְ‎ ( compare ‎מִן‎ 9 b), id quod ‎׳‎‎מִתַּחַת לְ‎ 1Kgs 7:32.

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