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title: תַּחְתִּי — lower · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּחְתִּי (8482), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: lower. BDB 1906: adj. subst. lower, lowest. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּחְתִּי

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«תַּחְתִּי» 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 8482 · **BDB:** תַּחְתִּי

### Glosses

lowest (5); lower (3); of.\[the\].lowest.parts (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lower [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8482/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. subst. lower, lowest [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8482/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. and subst. lower, lowest (places):—fs. תַּחְתִּיָּה †ψ 86:13, תַּחְתִּית Ex 19:17 +; mpl. תַּחְתִּיִּם †Gn 6:16; fpl. תַּחְתִּיּוֹת ψ 63:10 +;—Ex 19:17 ויתיצבו בְּתַתְתִּית הָהָר in the lower part of the mt., Ju 1:15 = Jos 15:19 (so read here with 𝔊 MSS 𝔖 𝔗 𝔙 for גֻּלֹּת תַּחְתִּיּוֹת) אֵת גֻּלַּת תַּחְתִּית the lower spring, Jb 41:16 כְּפֶלַח תַּהְתִּית like the lower mill-stone, Gn 6:16 (P) תַּחְתִּיִּם = lower stories; of Sheʾôl, Dt 32:22 עַד שְׁאוֹל תַּחְתִּית to the lowest Sheʾôl, ψ 86:13 מִשְּׁ׳ תַּחְתִּיָּה, so אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית the lowest earth (or land), i.e. Sh., Ez 31:14, 16, 18, אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּיּוֹת the land of lowest places 26:20; 32:15, 24, בּוֹר תַּחְתִּיּוֹת the pit of lowest places Lam 3:55 ψ 88:7, תַּחְתִּיּוֹת הָאָרֶץ 63:10 (+ perhaps 71:20) the lowest places of the earth, תּ׳ אֶרֶץ Is 44:23, and fig. of the dark and hidden interior of the womb ψ 139:15.—Ne 4:7 וָאַעֲמִיד מִתַּחְתִּיּוֹת לַמָּקוֹם and I set (𝔊L and they stood) at parts below (מִן as in מִתַּחַת לְ) the place (where they were to work), so Ke Gu, but text perhaps corrupt (Berthol Sgf).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּחְתִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8482/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.55/)

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קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* I.called name your O.Yahweh from a.pit of.lowest.parts

*JPS 1917:* I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.

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[Psalms 88:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.7/)

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שַׁ֭תַּנִי בְּב֣וֹר תַּחְתִּיּ֑וֹת בְּ֝מַחֲשַׁכִּ֗ים בִּמְצֹלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* you have.put.me in a.pit of.lowest.parts in.\[the\] dark.places in.\[the\] depths

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast laid me in the nethermost pit, in dark places, in the deeps.

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