תַּחְתּוֹן
tach.ton (H8481H)
lower
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# Hebrew Lexical Analysis: H8481 תַּחְתּוֹן (tachton) The Hebrew word *tachton* functions as an adjective meaning "lower," derived from a comparative or relational concept of spatial position. With eight occurrences in the biblical text, it represents a straightforward directional descriptor used to distinguish objects, places, or entities that occupy inferior spatial positions relative to other referents. The modest frequency of this term suggests it was employed in contexts where spatial hierarchy or physical arrangement required specification. Rather than being a common everyday descriptor, *tachton* appears to have been reserved for situations where the "lower" designation carried particular significance—whether describing architectural features, geographical levels, or hierarchical arrangements within specific biblical narratives or legal descriptions. The word's consistent basic meaning across its occurrences demonstrates that Hebrew spatial terminology was precise and systematic, allowing writers to communicate physical relationships clearly. *Tachton* served as a technical term when lower positioning needed emphasis, complementing other spatial language in biblical Hebrew to create a complete vocabulary for describing the physical world and its structures.
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The lowest floor was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around, that the beams should not be inserted into the walls of the house.
You saw the breaches of David’s city, that they were many; and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
The pavement was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates, even the lower pavement.
Then he measured the width from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.
The side rooms were wider on the higher levels, because the walls were narrower at the higher levels. Therefore the width of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.
Now the upper rooms were shorter; for the galleries took away from these, more than from the lower and the middle, in the building.
For they were in three stories, and they didn’t have pillars as the pillars of the courts. Therefore the uppermost was set back more than the lowest and the middle from the ground.
From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the width one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the width a cubit.