תַּחְתִּי
tachtîy · takh-tee'
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8478 (תַּחַת);
lowermost; as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
- lowermost
- as noun (feminine plural) the depths (figuratively, a pit, the womb)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: low (parts, -er, -er parts, -est), nether (part).
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to separate and protect › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
The mark, the covenant sign that works to separate and protect of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּחְתִּי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the nether2 · 11%
- unto the nether parts2 · 11%
- with lower1 · 5%
- at the nether1 · 5%
- unto the lowest1 · 5%
- i in the lower1 · 5%
- of the nether1 · 5%
- into the lower parts1 · 5%
- from the lowest1 · 5%
- me in the lowest1 · 5%
- in the lowest parts1 · 5%
- ye lower parts1 · 5%
- out of the low1 · 5%
- thee in the low parts1 · 5%
- to the nether parts1 · 5%
- in the nether parts1 · 5%
- into the nether parts1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.