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tḥwt, tḥyt, tḥt (taḥt, tḥoṯ,, tḥeṯ,) prep. under; instead of
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under
Common (except: OA)
UrukInc 3↗ ti—hu—ú—ut li—iš—šá—ni—ˀ : under my tongue [i.e., תחות לשני] ; Dan 4:9↗ תְּחֹתוֹהִי תַּטְלֵל חֵיוַת בָּרָא‏ : the wild animal will take shade under it ; NabCvLet 1:.33↗ ˁl ˀnpy ˀrˁˀ wtḥwt šmyˀ : on the surface of the earth and under heaven ; 4QLevibar2..17↗ תחותי רם עד דבק לשמי[א‏ : it was so high under me it reached the sky ; AGnEx 14.31↗ ܐܦܢ ܝܡ̈ܡܐ ܕܬܚܘܬܝܗܘܢ ܡܪܝܪܝܢ ܗܘܘ‏ : even though the seas under them were salty ; ChronEdess 12:9↗ ܬܚܝܬ ܡܕܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : below the buildings ; BT Tan 9b(20)↗ עיבא קלישא דתותי עיבא סמיכ̇א̇‏ ; PJ Ex24:10↗ ותחות אפיפו{ר}<ד>ין דריגלוי דמייצע תחות כורסייה הי כעובד אבן ספירינון‏ : beneath the footstool of His feet that was arranged under His throne was a structure of sapphire
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at the bottom of
Common Aramaic
FMSD 14.1:22↗ ܒܝܬ ܟܢܘܫܐ ܬܚܘܬ ܛܘܪܐ‏ : a chapel at the foot of the mountain
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(of a carrying device) supporting, carrying
OfAEg
TAD B3.8 R.19↗ קף זי עק 1 תחת חמריה‏ : one wooden basket for the beads
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instead of
Palmyrene, Gal, PTA, Sam, JBAmb
PAT1791:1.4↗ wtḥwt hln yhbt lh : instead of these I have given him ; PTŠeq 50.c:49[2]↗ ואייתי חורי דנבילה תוחתוי‏ : it brought another (piece) of a nevela in place of it ; GT F Lev22:27↗ אזדמן ליה תמן אימר תוחתוי לעלתה‏ : instead of him a lamb was ready for the sacrifice ; SamTgJ Gen22:13↗ אסקה עלה תחת ברה‏ : he sacrificed it instead of his son ; JBABowl 18.1:6↗ חשוכה תחות נהורא מחתא תחות אסותא סיתרא תחות בינינא חבלתא תחות שויתא רוגזא תחות ניחא‏ : darkness instead of light, wound instead of healing, destruction instead of construction, injury instead of comfort, anger instead of tranquility
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after (a ruler)
JLAtg, JBA, LJLA
TgO Gen36:35↗ text not cited ; BT AZ 10a(46)↗ ימלוך תחותאי‏ : he should rule after me ; PJ Gen36:33↗ ומית בלע ומלך תחותויי יובב בר זרח מבצרה‏
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תחת הלא conj. : because
Sam
SamTgJ Deut4:37↗ ותחת הלא רעם ית אבהתך‏ : because he loved your fathers
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fig. : subject to
CPA, Syr
ThbK2 50(8)↗ ܗܘ݁ ܡܐ ܕܓܕܫ ܠܐܘܣܝܐ ܕܡܟܢܐܝܬ ܣܝܡܐ ܬܚܝܬ ܓ̈ܕܫܐ‏ : that which happens to a substance that is possibly subject to events ; EphFid 26:2.6↗ ܒܪܝܬܗ ܬܚܝܬ ܙܒܢܐ ܗܝ ܘܪܫܐ ܘܫܘܪܝܐ‏ : His creation was subject to time, a start, and a beginning ; IshExod 9:21↗ ܡܬܘܡܝܐ ܠܘܩܒܠ ܬܚܝܬ ܙܒܢܐ‏ : eternal as opposed to subject to time ; IshDeut 145:6↗ ܒܗ݀ܝ ܕܚܙܬܢ ܠܡ ܬܚܝܬ ܡܫܘܚܬܐ ܗܝ‏ : inasmuch as our vision is subject to limitation
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+ yd : under the command of
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Gen41:35↗ וְיֵיצְרֻין עִיבוּרָא תְחוֹת יַד מְהֵימְנֵי פַרעֹה‏ : they should collect the grain under the command of Pharaoh's trustees ; PJ Gen16:9↗ תובי לות רבונתיך ואתכבשי תחות ידהא‏ : return to your mistress and submit to her
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w. "sit" : to stay in place with
Sam, JBA
SamTgJ Ex16:29↗ תבו אנש תחתיו‏ : stay each person in his place ; BT San 26b(43)↗ כל אימת דיתבא תותי גוברא טפי ניחא ל{י}ה‏ : as long as she lives with a husband she is better off
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OfA תחת ; In Syriac the forms ܬܲܚܬ‏, ܬܚܘ݂ܬ‏ and ܬܚܹܝܬ‏ all appear, generally distinguished in usage (see JPSm s.v.): the first is in phrasal forms, the second with pronominal suffixes, and the third when standing alone before nouns; JBA and LJLA also תותי ; Mand tut, atut, tit.
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See also s.v. ˀtwty prep.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1637[821]DJPA: 579bDJBA: 1201aJastrow: 1661Drower/Macuch: 43a, 484b, 487aJ. Payne-Smith: 610Levy Ch-W: 2:535Tal Sam: 947DNWSI: 1209DCPA[Schulthess]: 452[219]Qumran: 252

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