תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   takh-TAI-v

   in his place
2. clause🔊 וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yim-LOKH takh-TAI-v

   and he reigned in his place
3. sentence🔊 וַיָּבֹ֤א זִמְרִי֙ וַיַּכֵּ֣הוּ וַיְמִיתֵ֔הוּ בִּשְׁנַת֙ עֶשְׂרִ֣ים וָשֶׁ֔בַע לְאָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּמְלֹ֖ךְ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-ya-VO zim-RI va-yak-KE-hu va-ye-mi-TE-hu bish-naat e-se-RIM va-SHE-va le-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yim-LOKH takh-TAI-v

   and he came in Zimri and he struck him and killed him in year of twenty and seven to Asa king of Judah and he reigned in his place

Exegesis

The final clause uses vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | wayyimməlōḵ} ‘and he reigned’ paired with takhtav {תַּחְתָּיו | taḥtāyw} ‘in his place’ to signal succession. The formal translation mirrors the Hebrew structure and numeric expression, while the dynamic version renders takhtav idiomatically to convey the sense of royal transition.

Root and etymology

ת־ח־ת🔊 tav–ḥet–tav

“under, instead of”

• 🔊 תַּחְתֵּנוּtakhtenuin our placeGenesis 22:13