מִתָּֽחַת׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 מִתָּֽחַת׃

   mi-TA-khat

   from beneath
2. clause🔊 וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד פִּרְיוֹ֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו מִתָּֽחַת׃

   va-ash-MID pir-YO mim-MA-al ve-sha-ra-SHAV mi-TA-khat

   and I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath
3. sentence🔊 וְאָ֨נֹכִ֜י הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי אֶת־הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר כְּגֹ֤בַהּ אֲרָזִים֙ גָּבְה֔וֹ וְחָסֹ֥ן ה֖וּא כָּֽאַלּוֹנִ֑ים וָאַשְׁמִ֤יד פִּרְיוֹ֙ מִמַּ֔עַל וְשָׁרָשָׁ֖יו מִתָּֽחַת׃

   ve-a-NO-khi hish-ma-DE-ti ET-ha-e-mo-RI mip-ne-HEM a-SHER ke-GO-va a-ra-ZIM gav-HO ve-kha-SON HU ka-a-lo-NIM va-ash-MID pir-YO mim-MA-al ve-sha-ra-SHAV mi-TA-khat

   and I I destroyed the Amorite from before them who like the height of cedars was his height and strong he like the oaks and I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath

Exegesis

The paired objects “fruit” and “roots,” framed by the spatial extremes mimmaal {מִמַּ֔עַל | mim-ma-ʿal} ‘from above’ and mittachat {מִתָּֽחַת׃ | mit-tā-ḥat} ‘from beneath’, function as a totality expression: nothing remains, neither what is visible and productive nor what is hidden and sustaining.