What does תַּחַת · כֹּל · שָׁמַיִם mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H8478, H3605, H8064
תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָיִם
The bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc. · properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) · the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
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תַּחַתH8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
Pronunciationtachtav
Spatial foundation shifting to substitution: beneath becomes "in place of" or "instead of" through positional logic.
Open lexicon entry →כֹּלH3605properly, the whole ; hence, all , any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
Pronunciationkōl
Encompasses totality from singular form—"the whole" as foundational sense enabling distributive "every" and collective "all" meanings.
Open lexicon entry →שָׁמַיִםH8064the sky (as aloft ; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Pronunciationšāmayim
The visible sky-dome and transcendent realm above, unified in dual form; God's dwelling and cosmic order combined
Open lexicon entry →What does תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָיִם (taḥat kol-hashshāmayim) mean in the Bible?
תַּחַת · כֹּל · שָׁמַיִם is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.".
Full entry for תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָיִם (H8478, H3605, H8064) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8478, H3605, H8064?
H8478, H3605, H8064 is connected to 6,349 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
Strong'sH8478, H3605, H8064
Lexical occurrences6,349 versesSource Gloss
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of , etc.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
תַּחַת כָּל־הַשָּׁמָיִם is built from this root:
תּוֹחַH8430