tachti · lowest

What it means

tachti (תַּחְתִּי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “lowest”.

The lower level; the depths.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What lies far beneath, like in the earth.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• depths ×5
• lowest ×5
• below ×4
• lower ×3
• deepest ×1
• foot ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×1
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×1
• Judges×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×4
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×6

• Genesis 6:16

  An opening you shall make for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and the door of the ark you shall put in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.

• Exodus 19:17

  Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet Elohim, and they took their stand at the foot of the mountain.

• Deuteronomy 32:22

  For a fire has been kindled in my anger, and it burns to the lowest Sheol; it devours the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.

• Joshua 15:19

  And she said, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water.” And he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

• Judges 1:15

  She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

• Nehemiah 4:13

  So I stationed in the lowest parts of the place behind the wall, in the exposed places; I stationed the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

• Job 41:24

  Its heart is firm like stone, and firm like the millstone below.

• Psalms 63:9

  But they who seek my soul for ruin will go into the lowest parts of the earth.

• Psalms 86:13

  For your loyal love is great toward me, and you have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

• Psalms 88:6

  You have put me in the lowest pit, in dark places, in the depths.

• Psalms 139:15

  My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, embroidered in the depths of the earth.

• Isaiah 44:23

  Shout for joy, heavens, for YHWH has done it; shout aloud, depths of the earth; break forth, mountains, into a shout of joy, forest and every tree in it; for YHWH has redeemed Jacob, and in Israel he glorifies himself.

• Lamentations 3:55

  I called on your name, YHWH, from the deepest cistern.

• Ezekiel 26:20

  then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the land of the depths, like the ruins of old, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; and I will set a jewel in the land of the living.

• Ezekiel 31:14

  so that no trees by the waters will rise high in their stature, nor set their top among the thick foliage, nor stand in their height all who drink water; for all of them are given over to death, to the land below, in the midst of the sons of man, with those who go down to the pit.’

• Ezekiel 31:16

  At the sound of its fall I made nations quake, when I brought it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and they were comforted in the land below, all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all who drink water.

• Ezekiel 31:18

  To whom are you like, thus, in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? And you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the land below; in the midst of the uncircumcised you will lie, with those slain by the sword. That is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

• Ezekiel 32:18

  “Son of man, bewail the multitude of Egypt, and bring it down, her and the daughters of noble nations, to the land of the depths, with those who go down to the pit.

• Ezekiel 32:24

  There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave, all of them slain, those fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the land of the depths, who put their terror in the land of the living; and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.