תַּחַת
Meanings
Preposition
1. below
2. underneath
3. in lieu of
4. instead of
5. as successor to
Pronunciation
tákhat
Examples120
עַד שְׁנַת 1962 אַלְגִ׳ירְיָה היתה תַּחַת המנדט שֶׁל צרפת.
Until 1962, Algeria was a French mandate.
אבי וְאִמִּי ישבו תַּחַת הָעֵץ.
My father and mother were sitting under a tree.
בחמש הַשָּׁנִים הָאַחֲרוֹנוֹת הִיא חיה תַּחַת שֵׁם בדוי.
She's been living for the last five years under an assumed name.
הוריי ישבו תַּחַת הָעֵץ.
My parents were sitting under the tree.
וְאֵין כֹּל-חָדָשׁ, תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.
There is no new thing under the sun.
אֵין כֹּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.
There's nothing new under the sun.