תַּחְתּוֹן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8481
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
lower tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
תַּחְתּוֹן: adj. lower, lowest tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj. lower, lowest;—abs. תּ׳ Jos 16:3 +, fs. -תֹּנָה Is 22:9 +, fpl. -תֹּנֹת Ez 42:5, 6;—lower, Is 22:9 הַבְּרֵכָה הַתּ׳ the lower pool (in Jerus.), of pavement and gate of outer (lower) temple-court Ez 40:18, 19 (l. השּׁ׳ הַתַּחְתּוֹן), of lower ledge (עֲזָרְה) of altar, 43:14; of the lowest of the three stories of side-chambers surrounding the temple, 1 K 6:6 הַיָּצוּעַ הַתּ׳, + v 8a (v. תִּיכוֹן), Ez 41:7 (read וּמִן for וְכֵן), 42:5, 6; in place-name, בֵּית־חֹרוֹן תּ׳ Jos 16:3; 18:13; 1 K 9:17 (‖ 2 Ch 8:5 הַתּ׳), בֵּית־חֹרוֹן הַתּ׳ 1 Ch 7:24; 2 Ch 8:5.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: lower (10); the lower [rooms] (2); [story] (1).
In the verses
וַיִּ֤בֶן שְׁלֹמֹה֙ אֶת־גָּ֔זֶר וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן בֵּ֥ית חֹרֹ֖ן תַּחְתּֽוֹן׃
Word for word: and he.rebuilt Solomon (et) Gezer and (et) Beth Horon lower
JPS 1917: And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether,
וְאֵ֨ת בְּקִיעֵ֧י עִיר־דָּוִ֛ד רְאִיתֶ֖ם כִּי־רָ֑בּוּ וַֽתְּקַבְּצ֔וּ אֶת־מֵ֥י הַבְּרֵכָ֖ה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָֽה׃
Word for word: and (et) the.breaches of.the.city of.David you.saw (dm).that they.were.many and you.gathered (et) the.waters of the.pool (the) lower
JPS 1917: And ye saw the breaches of the city of David, that they were many; and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
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