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title: תַּחְתּוֹן — lower · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחְתּוֹן (8481), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: lower. BDB 1906: adj. lower, lowest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחְתּוֹן

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«תַּחְתּוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lower** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 8481 · **BDB:** תַּחְתּוֹן

### Glosses

lower (10); the.lower.\[rooms\] (2); \[story\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8481/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. lower, lowest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8481/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. lower, lowest;—abs. תּ׳ Jos 16:3 +, fs. -תֹּנָה Is 22:9 +, fpl. -תֹּנֹת Ez 42:5, 6;—lower, Is 22:9 הַבְּרֵכָה הַתּ׳ the lower pool (in Jerus.), of pavement and gate of outer (lower) temple-court Ez 40:18, 19 (l. השּׁ׳ הַתַּחְתּוֹן), of lower ledge (עֲזָרְה) of altar, 43:14; of the lowest of the three stories of side-chambers surrounding the temple, 1 K 6:6 הַיָּצוּעַ הַתּ׳, + v 8a (v. תִּיכוֹן), Ez 41:7 (read וּמִן for וְכֵן), 42:5, 6; in place-name, בֵּית־חֹרוֹן תּ׳ Jos 16:3; 18:13; 1 K 9:17 (‖ 2 Ch 8:5 הַתּ׳), בֵּית־חֹרוֹן הַתּ׳ 1 Ch 7:24; 2 Ch 8:5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחְתּוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8481/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 9:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.9.17/)

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וַיִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־גָּ֔זֶר וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and he.rebuilt Solomon (et) Gezer and (et) Beth Horon lower

*JPS 1917:* And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,

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[Isaiah 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.22.9/)

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וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.breaches of.the.city of.David you.saw (dm).that they.were.many and you.gathered (et) the.waters of the.pool (the) lower

*JPS 1917:* And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

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