תַּחַת noun [
masculine] 
the under part (Arabic 
 id.
 id.), hence as 
adverb accusative and
preposition underneath, below, instead of (so Arabic 

, Sabean 
תחת, Ethiopic 

 Phoenician 
תחת (Lzb
385); Biblical Aramaic 

, 
תְּחוֺת, Palmyrene in 
מן לתחת Tariff 
1:4 (Cooke
320), Syriac 

); — 
    II. as 
preposition; so construct, and with suffix (usually in the plural, and so literally 
in the parts underneath) 
תַּחְתַּי Habakkuk 3:16+, 
חַתֵּנִי (compare 
בַּעֲדֵנִי, 
עוֺדֶנִּי : Ges
§ 103 d) † 
2 Samuel 22:37, 
40, 
48 (
Psalm 18:37; 
18:40; 
18:48 תַּחְתָּ֑י); 
תַּחְתֶּיךָ; 
תַּחְתָּיו (Kt 
תַּחְתּוֺ † 
2 Samuel 2:23; 
2 Samuel 3:12; 
2 Samuel 16:8; 
Job 9:13), 
תֵּחְתֶּיהָ Leviticus 13:23 + 
16 times, 
תַּחְתֶּ֫נָּה (compare 
אֵינֶנָּה, 
עוֺדֶנָּה) † 
Genesis 2:21; 
תַּחְתֵּינוּ † 
1 Samuel 14:9; 
Psalm 47:4; 
תַּחְתֵּיהֶם † 
Joshua 2:14; 
Amos 2:13; 
תַּחְתֵּיהֶם † 
Numbers 16:31; 
1 Kings 20:24; 
1 Chronicles 4:41; 
1 Chronicles 5:22; 
2 Chronicles 12:10 (for 
תַּחְתָּם 1 Kings 14:27), 
תַּחְתָּם Deuteronomy 2:12 + 
10 times, 
תַּחְתֵּקהֶן †
Jeremiah 28:13; —
 
    c. תַּחַת פ׳ :
    (b) of a woman, 
אִישָׁתּ ת׳, i.e. under his authority, 
Numbers 5:19, 
20, 
29, so 
Ezekiel 23:5 תַּחְתַּי being 
under me = being 
mine (figurative of Israel as 
י׳'s spouse), compare 
ὕπανδρος Romans 7:2, and 

 Kor 66:10.
 
    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, 
Exodus 16:29 תַּחְתָּיו שְׁבוּ אִישׁ abide every one 
in his place, 
Leviticus 13:23, 
28; 
Joshua 5:8; 
Joshua 6:5, 
20; 
Judges 7:21; 
1 Samuel 14:9 וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ we will 
remain where we are, 
2 Samuel 2:23 וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּו he died 
where he was (compare 
Jeremiah 38:9 [read 
וּמֵת]), 
Jeremiah 7:10; 
Isaiah 25:10; 
Isaiah 46:7; 
Amos 2:13; 
Habakkuk 3:16 וְתַחְתַּי אֶרְגָּ֑ז I tremble 
where I stand, 
Zechariah 12:6; 
Zechariah 14:10; 
Job 36:20; 
Job 40:12 תַּחְתָּם
 
    b. in transferred sense, in place of, instead of:
    (b) in particular, of things mutually interchanged, 
in place of, in exchange or 
return for: Genesis 30:15 דּוּדָאֵי בְנֵח ת׳ in return, for thy son's love-apples, 
Exodus 21:23) 
גֶפְשׁ life 
for life, 
Exodus 21:24; 
Exodus 21:25; 
Exodus 21:26; 
Exodus 21:27; 
Exodus 21:36; Exodus 22:37, 
Joshua 2:14 נַפְשֵׁנוּ תַחְתֵּיכֶם לָמוּת, 
1 Samuel 2:20; 
1 Kings 20:39 נפשׁו נפשׁך ת׳, 
1 Kings 20:42 (compare 
2 Kings 10:24), 
2 Kings 21:2; 
Isaiah 43:3, 
4; often with verbs of requiting, 
Genesis 44:4 טוֺבָם לָ֫מּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּם רָעָה ת׳ why have ye rewarded evil 
in exchange for good ? 
1 Samuel 25:21; 
2 Samuel 16:12; 
2 Samuel 19:22; 
Psalm 35:12 טוֺבָה יְשַׁלְּמוּנִי דָעָה ת׳, 
Psalm 38:21a; 
Psalm 109:4; 
Psalm 109:5; 
Proverbs 17:3 +; 
Jeremiah 5:19 תַּחַת מֶה in return for what? (compare 
עַלמֶֿה Jeremiah 22:8; 
Deuteronomy 29:23; 
1 Kings 9:8). So followed by infinitive 
Psalm 38:21b.
 
    †3. as conjunction:
    a. תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר:
    III. compounds: —
    †1. אֶלתַּֿחַת, after a verb of motion:
    2. מִתַּחַת (= ὑπ’ ἐκ):
    a. alone, 
from under, from beneath as 
מִתַּחַת הַשָּׁמַיִם † 
Genesis 1:7, and especially after such verbs as 
שִׁחֵת Genesis 6:17, 
מָחֶה Exodus 17:14; 
Deuteronomy 9:14; 
Deuteronomy 25:19; 
Deuteronomy 29:19; 
2 Kings 14:27, 
הֶאֲבִיד Deuteronomy 7:24, compare 
Lamentations 3:66; 
Ezekiel 47:1a מִמְּתַּן מִתּ׳ הַבַּיִת, 
Proverbs 22:27 לָ֫מָּה יִקַח מִשְׁכָּֽבְּךָ מִּתַּחְתֶּיךָ; 
Exodus 6:6, 
7 סִבְלוֺת מִצְרַיִם מִתּ׳, 
Hosea 4:12 אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וַיִּזְנוּ מִתּ׳ (compare 
II. 1 c a, b); 
יַד פ׳ מִתּ׳ (compare 
II. 1 d) 
from under the hand (power) 
of... 
Exodus 18:10; 
2 Kings 8:20, 
22; 
2 Kings 13:5; 
2 Kings 17:7 +; 
מִתַּחְתָּיו (compare 
II. 2 a) 
from his place Exodus 10:23; 
Zechariah 6:12. Rarely = 
תַּחַת or 
מִתַּחַת לְ׳, 
Genesis 1:9 (P) 
Ezekiel 1:8; 
Ezekiel 42:9; 
Ezekiel 46:23; 
Job 26:5.
 
    †c. לְמִתַּחַת לְ׳ (compare 
מִן 9b), 
id quod מִתַּחַת לְ׳ 1 Kings 7:32.
 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H8460.
														
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