BDB9138 [H8478]
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 D 2 ], 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, Cooke4. 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.
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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 CISi.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) גֶפְשׁ life 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 38:21a; 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 38:21b.
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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 : וֶַתּחִי as end of vDeut 4:36), Prov 1:29. compare עֵקֶב אֲשֶׁר (כִּיׅ . III compounds: —
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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.
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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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