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/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈta.ħaθ/

Preposition

תַּחַת • (tákhat) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

below
underneath
in lieu of
instead of
- Genesis 22:13, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
  ‏וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא וְ הִנֵּה אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ בְּקַרְנָיו וַ יֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָהָם וַיִּקַּח אֶת הָ אַיִל 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:
  ‏וְהַ נַּעֲרָה אֲשֶׁר תִּיטַב בְּ עֵינֵי הַ מֶּלֶךְ תִּמְלֹךְ תַּחַת וַשְׁתִּי וַיִּיטַב הַ דָּבָר בְּ עֵינֵי הַ מֶּלֶךְ וַ יַּעַשׂ כֵּן׃‎‎
  and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.’ And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
as successor to

Inflection

Inflection table

Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Plural
Non-personal-pronoun-including form				תַּחַת‎ (tákhat)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	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]

bottom
underside
(vulgar) butt, ass

Descendants

Yiddish: תּחת‎ (tokhes)

References

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

Yiddish

Noun

תחת • (tokhes)

(nonstandard) Unpointed form of תּחת‎ (tokhes).

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