תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   takh-TAV

   in his place or instead of him
2. clause🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO takh-TAV

   and he reigned Asa his son in his place or instead of him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁכַּ֤ב אֲבִיָּם֙ עִם־אֲבֹתָ֔יו וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אָסָ֥א בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yish-KAV a-vi-YAM im-a-vo-TAV va-yik-be-RU o-TO be-IR da-VID va-yim-LOKH a-SA ve-NO takh-TAV

   and he lay down or slept Abijam with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David and he reigned Asa his son in his place or instead of him

Exegesis

The final clause wayyimloḵ Āsâ bə-nô ṭaḥtāv {וַיִּמְלֹ֛וךְ אָסָא בְּנוֹ תַּחְתָּיו | wayyimloḵ Āsâ bə-nô ṭaḥtāv} “and Asa his son reigned in his place” uses bə-nô to specify lineage and ṭaḥtāv as a standard succession formula. English renders vav-consecutive with “and,” adapts the death idiom and burial idiom to natural equivalents, and preserves construct relationships to reflect ancestral and dynastic continuity.

Root and etymology

t-kh-t🔊 ת־ח־תtav–chet–tav

“under, instead of”

• 🔊 תַּחַתtaḥatunder, instead ofGenesis 22:13