תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   takh-TAV

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

   va-yim-LOKH yo-shi-YA-hu be-NO takh-TAV

   and reigned Josiah his son in his place or instead of him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּקְבְֹּ֥‪ר אֹת֛וֹ בִּקְבֻרָת֖וֹ בְּגַן־עֻזָּ֑א וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ בְנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

   va-yik-BOR o-TO bik-bu-ra-TO be-gan-u-ZA va-yim-LOKH yo-shi-YA-hu be-NO takh-TAV

   and he buried him in his burial place in the garden of Uzza and reigned Josiah his son in his place or instead of him

Exegesis

The second vav-consecutive verb vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | wayyimloḵ} “and he reigned” introduces Josiah’s accession, with yoshiyahu {יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ | Yōšiyyāhû} as subject, beno {בְנ֖וֹ | bənô} clarifying patrilineal status, and takhtav {תַּחְתָּֽיו | taḥtāw} “in his place” denoting orderly succession. The parallel vav-consecutive structure links burial and dynastic transfer.

Root and etymology

ת-ח-ת🔊 t–ḥ–t

“under, instead of”

• 🔊 תַּחְתִּיתtachtitlower partGenesis 6:16