1 Kings 15:24:121 Kgs.15.24.W12TAB
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃
takhtav
“in his place or under him”
- Transliteration
- takh-TAV
- Extended
- tahkh-TAAV
- IPA
- /taħˈtav/
Meaning by language
- English
- in his place or under him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
takh-TAV
- clause
va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-sha-FAT be-NO takh-TAV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV a-SA im-a-VO-tav va-yik-ka-VER im-a-VO-tav be-IR da-VID a-VIV va-yim-LOKH ye-ho-sha-FAT be-NO takh-TAV
Exegesis
The final clause introduces wayyimmāleḵ {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimmāleḵ} ‘reigned,’ followed by bə-nō ṯaḥtāv {בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּיו | bə-nō ṯaḥtāv} ‘in his son in his place’ to specify Jehoshaphat’s accession. This tight sequence of verbs and nominal phrases, connected by vav, exemplifies the concise historiographical style of the Deuteronomistic record.
Root and etymology
t-kh-ttav–chet–tav
“under, instead of”
In context — 1 Kings 15:24
Asa lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 15:24:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 15:24, so the Hebrew word תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ (takhtav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.15.24.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.24.W12.S1) and character.