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# תְּחוֹת

Biblical Aramaic

**under** — used 4 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

under [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

תְּחוֹת: prep. under [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** prep. under (BH תַּחַת; 𝔗 תְּחוֹת, Syriac ܬܚܽܘܬ, ܬܚܶܝܬ, adv. ܠܬܰܚܬ; Palm. מן לתחת Cooke 320);—Dn 7:27 תְּחוֹת כָּל־שְׁמַיָּא (cf. BH II. 1); in pl. c. sf. (as BH Syriac 𝔗) 4:9 תְּחֹתֹהִי (so 𝔗O Lv 15:10: Dalm § 47, 2), v 18. With מִן, Je 10:11 מִן תְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָּא (cf. BH III. 2); sf. Dn 4:11 מִן־תַּחְתּוֹהִי (pointed as Syriac adv., Hebraized). תֵּחַת v. נְחֵת.

### Jastrow 1903

תְּחוֹת: under, beneath, in place of [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** = h. תַּחַת, under, beneath, in place of. Targ. Ps. X, 7. Targ. Y. Ex. XIX, 17. Targ. O. ib. X, 23. Targ. Gen. XXXVI, 33. Targ. O. ib. II, 21; a. fr.—Y. Sabb. IV, 7ᵃ top חשבון … תּוֹחֲתֵי רשיכון וכ׳ have in mind to put them under your heads, and you may move them (on the Sabbath); Y. Bets. V, beg. 62ᵈ. Y. Snh. I, 18ᵇ top אייתו … תְּחוֹתַי לדיקלא וכ׳ get me a person to go up the tree (to work) in my place, and I will judge your case; a. fr.—Contr. תֹּות.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: under (4).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 10:11](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.11/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.11/#tree)

כִּדְנָה֙ תֵּאמְר֣וּן לְה֔וֹם אֱלָ֣הַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־שְׁמַיָּ֥א וְאַרְקָ֖א לָ֣א עֲבַ֑דוּ יֵאבַ֧דוּ מֵֽאַרְעָ֛א וּמִן־תְּח֥וֹת שְׁמַיָּ֖א אֵֽלֶּה׃ס

*Word for word:* like this you.will.say to them the gods who the heavens and the earth not they.made may.they.perish from the earth and from under the heavens these

*JPS 1917:* Thus shall ye say unto them: 'The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, these shall perish from the earth, and from under the heavens.'

[Daniel 4:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.18/#tree)

וְעָפְיֵ֤הּ שַׁפִּיר֙ וְאִנְבֵּ֣הּ שַׂגִּ֔יא וּמָז֨וֹן לְכֹ֖לָּא־בֵ֑הּ תְּחֹת֗וֹהִי תְּדוּר֙ חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָ֔א וּבְעַנְפ֕וֹהִי יִשְׁכְּנָ֖ן צִפֲּרֵ֥י שְׁמַיָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and foliage its \[was\].beautiful and fruit its \[was\].plentiful and food for.all \[was\].on it under it it.dwelt the.animal\[s\] of the.field and in branches its they.dwelt the.birds of the.heavens

*JPS 1917:* whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was food for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation;

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 141 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 45 times there, in the forms תְּחוֹת (40); תְחוֹת (3); וּתְחוֹת (2).

[Genesis 18:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.18.4/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

יִסְּבוּן כְּעַן זְעֵיר מַיָּא וְאַסְחוּ רַגְלֵיכוֹן וְאִסְתְּמִיכוּ תְּחוֹת אִילָנָא

יֻקַּֽח־נָ֣א מְעַט־מַ֔יִם וְרַחֲצ֖וּ רַגְלֵיכֶ֑ם וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ תַּ֥חַת הָעֵֽץ׃

*Word for word:* let.it.be.brought please a.little of.water and wash feet your and support.yourself under the tree

*JPS 1917:* Let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and recline yourselves under the tree.

[Genesis 16:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.16.9/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲמַר לַהּ מַלְאֲכָא דַיְיָ תּוּבִי לְוַת רִבּוֹנְתִּיךְ וְאִשְׁתַּעְבְּדִי תְּחוֹת יְדָהָא

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה שׁ֖וּבִי אֶל־גְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְ וְהִתְעַנִּ֖י תַּ֥חַת יָדֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to her the.angel of.Yahweh return to mistress your and humble.yourself under hands her

*JPS 1917:* And the angel of the LORD said unto her: 'Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).