תַּחְתִּי

תַּחְתִּי adjective and substantive lower, lowest (places): — feminine singular תַּחָתִּיָּה Sl 86,13, תַּחְתִּית 2 Mos 19,17 +; masculine plural תַּחְתִּיִּם 1 Mos 6,16 feminine plural תַּחְתִיּוֺת Sl 63,10 +; — 2 Mos 19,17 ויתיצבו בְּחַחְתִּית הָהָר in the lower part of the mountain, Dom 1,15 = Jos 15,19 (so read here with ᵐ5^MSS ᵑ6 ᵑ7 ᵑ9 for גֻּלֹּת תַּחְתִּיּוֺת) אֵת גֻּלַּת תַּחְתִּית the lower spring, Job 41,16 כְּפֶּלַח תַּחְתִּית like the lower mill-stone, 1 Mos 6,16 (P) תַּחְתִּיִּם = lower stories; of Sh®°ôl, 5 Mos 32,22 עַד שְׁאוֺל תַּחְתַּית to the lowest Sh®°ôl, Sl 86,13 תַּחְתִּיָּה ׳מִשְּׁ, so אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִּית thelowest earth (or land) i.e. Sh., Ezk 31,14; Ezk 31,16; Ezk 31,18, אֶרֶץ תַּחְתִיּוֺת the land of lowest places Ezk 26,20; Ezk 32,18; Ezk 32,24, בּוֺר תַּחְתִיּוֺת the pit of lowest places Klg 3,55; Sl 88,7, תֵּחְתִיּוֺת הָאָרֶץ Sl 63,10 (+ perhaps Sl 71,20) the lowest places of the earth, אֶרֶץ ׳תּ Es 44,23, and figurative of the dark and hidden interior of the womb Sl 139,15. — Neh 4,7 וָאַעֲמִיד מִתַּחְתִיּוֺת לַמָּקוֺם and I set (ᵐ5L and they stood) at parts below (מִן as in מִחַחַת לְ) the place (where they were to work), so Ke Gu, but text perhaps corrupt (Berthol Sgf).