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title: תְּחוֹת — under · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: תְּחוֹת (lemma:תְּחוֹת), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: under. BDB 1906: prep. under. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּחוֹת

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«תְּחוֹת» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **under** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:תְּחוֹת · **BDB:** תְּחוֹת

### Glosses

under (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/#m3)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּחוֹת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1514/lemma_3a_5ea_5b0_5bc_5d7_5d5_5b9_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.'

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

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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;

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