תחת/ו

𐤕𐤇𐤕/𐤅

tchtv

under it

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

H8478

2 Samuel 2:23 · Word #15

Lexicon H8478

Lemmaתַּחַת
Lemma (Paleo)𐤕𐤇𐤕
Transliterationtachath
Strong'sH8478
In-contextunder it

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Part of Speech R — Preposition — Shows relationship between words

SIBI-P1 H8478-19

in place of him

Rootתחת (t-ḥ-t)
Core Meaningsbeneathness, under-position, substitution, exchange
Semantic Rangeunder, beneath, below, in place of, instead of, in exchange for, as recompense for, in succession to
Conceptual Significanceתַּחַת often expresses substitution or exchange in covenantal and legal contexts (e.g., life for life), highlighting principles of recompense, succession, and divinely ordered reversal within Israel’s theology.
Morphological NotesPrepositional noun תַּחַת functioning adverbially, with 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix (-ו), yielding תַּחְתּוֹ (“under him / in place of him”).
Rendering RationaleThe noun תַּחַת fundamentally denotes what is beneath or in a lower position, and by extension what stands in another’s place. With the 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix (-ו), the form means “his beneath,” idiomatically “in place of him,” preserving both the substitutionary sense and the masculine singular reference.

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Words from Root תחת (beneathness, under-position, substitution, exchange)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8482-01 betachetiot in the lowermost parts of
H8482-02 betachetit in the lowermost part of
H8478-01 hatachat underneath / in place of
H8481-01 hatacheton the under-most (one)
H8481-02 hatachetonah the lowermost (feminine singular)
H8478-02 lemitachat from beneath
H8481-03 mehatachetonot from the lowest depths
H8478-03 mitachat from beneath
H8478-04 mitachetayv from beneath him
H8478-05 mitacheteykha from beneath you
H8478-06 tachat beneath; in place of
H8478-07 tachetam in place of them
H8478-08 tachetay beneath me
H8478-09 tachetayv under him
H8478-10 tachetenah beneath her
H8478-11 tacheteni beneath me
H8478-12 tacheteyha beneath her
H8478-13 tacheteyhem beneath them
H8478-14 tacheteyhen beneath them (feminine plural)
H8478-15 tacheteykha beneath you (masculine singular)
H8478-16 tacheteykhem beneath you (masculine plural)
H8478-17 tacheteynu beneath us
H8482-03 tachetiot nethermost regions
H8482-04 tachetit the lowermost depth
H8482-05 tachetiyah the lowermost depth
tachetohi beneath-him
H8481-04 tacheton the under-most (masculine singular)
H8478-18 tcht in place of (beneath)
H8460-01 techot beneath
H8460-02 techotohi beneath him
H8478-20 umitachat and from beneath
H8478-21 umitachetayv and from beneath him
H8478-22 vetachat and beneath
H8478-23 vetachetay and under me
H8478-24 vetacheteyha and beneath her
H8478-25 vmtchth and from beneath her

Word Usage (511 occurrences of H8478)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 1:7 מִ/תַּ֣חַת mitachat beneath
Genesis 1:9 מִ/תַּ֤חַת mitachat from under
Genesis 2:21 תַּחְתֶּֽ/נָּה tachetenah in its place
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