1 Kings 19:4:71 Kgs.19.4.W7TAB
תַּ֖חַת
takhat
“under”
- Transliteration
- TA-khat
- Extended
- TAH-khaht
- IPA
- /ˈtaħat/
Meaning by language
- English
- under
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
TA-khat
- clause
ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD
- sentence
ve-HU-ha-LAKH ba-mid-BAR DE-rekh YOM va-ya-VO va-ye-SHEV TA-khat RO-tem a-KHAT e-KHAD va-yish-EAL ET-naf-SHO la-MUT va-yo-MER RAV a-TA Ye-ho-VAH KAKH naf-SHI ki-LO-TOv a-no-KHI me-a-vo-TAI
Exegesis
The locative tachat rotem echad {תַּחַת רֹתֶם אֶחָד | ta·ḥat ră·tem ʾe·ḥād} specifies Elijah’s position under a single broom bush.
Root and etymology
t-ḥ-t
“under, in place of”
In context — 1 Kings 19:4
But he went on alone a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat under a broom bush. There he asked that his life be taken, saying, “It is enough now, LORD ; take my life, for I am not better than my fathers .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 19:4, so the Hebrew word תַּ֖חַת (takhat) 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.19.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.4.W7.S1) and character.