how to say “subway” or “underground train” in Hebrew
רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית
The word תַּחַת means below or under, while מִתַּחַת means underneath (literally, from under) as in:
means below or under, while מִתַּחַת means underneath (literally, from under) as in:הַנְּיָרוֹת נִמְצָאִים מִתַּחַת לַשֻּׁלְחָן.
The papers are under the table.
תחת also means one’s behind in slang.
תַּחְתִּית means the bottom or lower part of something, so that the part of Haifa at the foot of the Carmel is called הָעִיר הַתַּחְתִּית – the lower city. And a subterranean train is called a רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית , or simply תחתית, as can be surmised in Ehud Banai’s song (here’s the music video, and here are the lyrics) about Brooklyn, NY that combines both these uses of תחתית:
means the bottom or lower part of something, so that the part of Haifa at the foot of the Carmel is called הָעִיר הַתַּחְתִּית – the lower city. And a subterranean train is called a רַכֶּבֶת תַּחְתִּית , or simply תחתית, as can be surmised in Ehud Banai’s song (here’s the music video, and here are the lyrics) about Brooklyn, NY that combines both these uses of תחתית:בְּרוּקְלִין שֶׁל מַעְלָה, בְּרוּקְלִין תַּחְתִּית
הָרַכֶּבֶת עוֹצֶרֶת רַק בַּתַּחֲנָה הַסּוֹפִית
Brooklyn of on high, Brooklyn of below
The train stops only at the final station