A lower level; an inferior rank.

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A lower level; an inferior rank.

A lower level; an inferior rank.

A lower floor; figuratively: a degraded or lowly state (diyota means a level or tier).

(“Once we were standing above Rabbi Ḥiyya the Elder, and we brought him a kettle of hot water from the lower level to the upper level.” — Shabbat 38b; and likewise: “For one must show even someone who is very low, in the very lowest level, that he is still truly close to God.” — Rabbi Naḥman of Breslov, Likkutei Moharan, II, Torah 68; and likewise: “The voice grew faint, descending to the lowest level… and all could hear.” — I. L. Peretz, Ḥayyim Yonah Viteles, p. 42; and likewise: “Until he descended very far, to the lowest level, and thereby drew close in place to the poor and the needy.” — S. Y. Agnon, Elu va-Elu, “Ve-haya he-‘akov le-mishor,” p. 74; and likewise: “And the landlord pressed the kolleḷ, and they wanted to move us to a single room on the lower level in the courtyard of the kolleḷ.” — Y. Burla, Kisufim, p. 76.)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דְּיוֹטָה תַּחְתּוֹנָה

Definition (Hebrew)

קוֹמָה תַּחְתּוֹנָה. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: מַצָּב יָרוּד (דְּיוֹטָה מַשְׁמָע קוֹמָה).

("פַּעַם אַחַת הַיְנוּ עוֹמְדִים לְעֵלָּא מֵרַבִּי חִיָּא רַבָּה, וְהַעֲלֵנוּ לוֹ קֻמְקְמוֹס שֶׁל חַמִּין מִדְּיוֹטָא הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה לִדְיוֹטָא הָעֶלְיוֹנָה"- שַׁבָּת לַח ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי צָרִיךְ לְהַרְאוֹת לְמִי שֶׁהוּא לְמַטָּה מְאוֹד בַּדְּיוֹטָא הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה לְגַמְרֵי, שֶׁעֲדַיִן הוּא סָמוּךְ לָה' מַמָּשׁ"- ר' נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלָב/ לִקּוּטֵי מוהר"ן, תְּנִינָא, תּוֹרָה ס"ח, וְכֵן:"שָׁפַל הַקּוֹל,עַד הַדְּיוֹטָה הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה יָרַד...וְהַכֹּל שׁוֹמְעִים"- י.ל.פֶּרֶץ/ חַיִּים יוֹנָה וִיטְלֶס, מב, וְכֵן:"עַד כִּי יָרַד מְאוֹד עַד לַדְּיוֹטָא הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה וּמִמֵּילָא נִתְקָרֵב קִרְבַת מָקוֹם אֶל הָעֲנִיִּים וְהָאֶבְיוֹנִים"-עַגְנוֹן / אֵלּוּ וָאֵלּוּ, וְהָיָה הֶעָקֹב לְמִישׁוֹר, 74, וְכֵן:"וּבַעַל הַבַּיִת דּוֹחֵק עַל הַכּוֹלֵל וְרוֹצִים לְהֶעֱבֵרֵנוּ לְחֶדֶר אֶחָד בִּדְיוֹטָה תַּחְתּוֹנָה בַּחֲצַר הַ"כּוֹלֵל" –י.בּוּרְלָא/ כִּסּוּפִים, 76)

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