תַּ֖חַת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּ֖חַת

   TA-khat

   instead of, in place of
2. clause🔊 וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ אֹת֔וֹ תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃

   va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU

   and they made {him} king him instead of, in place of his father Amaziah
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְח֞וּ כָּל־עַ֤ם יְהוּדָה֙ אֶת־עֲזַרְיָ֔ה וְה֕וּא בֶּן־שֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָ֑ה וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ אֹת֔וֹ תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו אֲמַצְיָֽהוּ׃

   va-yik-KHU kol-AM ye-hu-DA et-a-zar-YA ve-HU ben-SHESH e-sre sha-NA va-yam-li-KHU o-TO TA-khat a-VIV a-mats-ya-HU

   and they took all the people of Judah {direct object} Azariah and he a son of six ten, {that is} teen year and they made {him} king him instead of, in place of his father Amaziah

Exegesis

The following vav-consecutive verb vayyamlikhû {וַיַּמְלִ֣כוּ | vayyamlikhû} ‘and they made king’ takes the object ʾōṯô {אֹת֔וֹ | ʾōṯô} ‘him’ and the prepositional phrase ṭaḥaṯ ʾāḇîw {תַּ֖חַת אָבִ֥יו | ṭaḥaṯ ʾāḇîw} ‘instead of his father’ to indicate succession. The paired vav-consecutive clauses convey immediacy, and the English translation preserves the Hebrew temporal sequencing and causative nuance.

Root and etymology

ת־ח־ת🔊 tav–ḥet–tav

“under, instead of”

• 🔊 תַּחְתָּיtachtaunderneathGenesis 22:13