תָּ֫וֶךְ 418 substantive midst (Late Hebrew
id., also denominative
תִּוֵּוךְ; √ unknown; not apparently in cognate languages); — absolute
תָּ֫וֶךְ Genesis 15:10 +; construct
תּוֺךְ Genesis 1:6 +;
תּוֺכִי,
תּוֺכוֺ, etc.,
2nd person feminine singular תּוֺכֵּ֫ כִי †
Psalm 116:19;
Psalm 135:9,
תּוֺכֹה †
Ezekiel 48:15,
21,
תּוֺכֲכֶם Genesis 23:9 +,
תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה †
Ezekiel 16:53 (Ges
§ 91 f); —
midst, whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a linE: absolute †
Judges 16:29 עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶךְ = the
middle columns,
Jeremiah 39:3 שַׁעַר הַתּ׳,
בַּתָּוֶךְ Genesis 15:10 וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתּ׳,
Numbers 35:5 וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ,
Joshua 8:22;
Judges 15:4;
Isaiah 66:17 אַחַר אֶחָד בַּתָּוֶךְ; construct
1 Kings 8:54 קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶתֿ תּוֺךְ הֶחָצֵר,
Ezekiel 15:4 וְתוֺכוֺ נָחָר; usually with preposition, as
בְּ (often = an emphasis
in, in the very heart and midst of),
Genesis 1:6 בְּתוֺךְ הַמַּיִם,
Genesis 2:9 הַגָּן בְּת׳,
Genesis 9:21 אָהֳהֹ בְּת׳,
Genesis 18:24 הָעִיר בְּת׳,
Genesis 37:7 הַשָּׁדֶה בְּת׳,
Exodus 11:4 אני יוצא מצרים בת׳,
Exodus 39:3,
Joshua 8:9 הָעָם בְּת׳,
Judges 7:16 הַכַּ דִּים בת׳,
1 Kings 3:20 הַלַּיְלָה בְּת׳;
בְּתוֺכָהּ (of land or city)
Numbers 13:32;
Isaiah 7:6, etc.; in Ezekiel
בְּתוֺכֵךְ,
בְּתוֺכָהּ, etc., of sins done, or judgment to be wrought,
in the very midst of Jerusalem,
Ezekiel 5:8,
10;
Ezekiel 9:4;
Ezekiel 22:3,
7,
9,
13 +;
מֵעַי בְּת׳ Psalm 22:15;
Psalm 40:9 מֵעָ֫י תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּת׳,
לִבִּי בְּת׳ Psalm 22:11, compare
Proverbs 4:21; after verbs of motion, =
into Exodus 14:27;
1 Samuel 9:14, =
through Exodus 14:29;
Numbers 33:8;
Ezekiel 9:4;
Nehemiah 9:11; of a number of persons =
among (not nEcess. of the actual
middle),
Genesis 40:20 עֲבָדָיו בְּת׳,
בְּתוֺכְנוּ Genesis 23:6,
בְּתוֺכָם 1 Samuel 10:10;
Job 1:6, etc.,
הַגָּר בְּתוֺכֲכֶם Leviticus 17:8,
10,
13 +; =
between (of things arranged by twos)
Exodus 39:25 in P often (
12 times) of the divinE presence, or dwelling,
in the midst of Israel,
Exodus 25:8;
Exodus 29:45,
46;
Leviticus 15:31;
Leviticus 16:16 + (Carpenter
Hex. i. 209, ed. 2, 410; J E D in such cases have always
קֶרֶב), so
Ezekiel 37:26,
28;
Ezekiel 43:7,
9, compare
Haggai 2:5;
מִן, as
Genesis 19:29 מִתּוֺךְ הַהֲפֵכָה,
Exodus 3:2 מִתּ׳ הַסְּנֶה,
Exodus 33:11 הָאֹהֶל לאֹ יָמִישׁ מִתּ׳,
Deuteronomy 4:12 +
הָאֵשׁ מִתּ׳,
1 Samuel 15:6 עֲמָלֵק רְדוּ מִתּ׳; =
from among, as to take, separate, etc.,
מִתּוֺכָם,
הָעָם מִתּ׳, etc.,
Exodus 7:5;
Exodus 28:1;
Numbers 3:12;
Numbers 4:2,
18;
Numbers 16:21,
33;
Numbers 17:10;
Numbers 19:20 (all P) +;
אֶל, as
Exodus 14:23 הַיָּם אֶל־תּוֹךְ ֗֗֗ ויבאו,
Leviticus 11:33;
Numbers 17:12 וַיָּרָץ הַקָּהָל אֶלאתּ׳,
Numbers 19:6;
Deuteronomy 21:12 בֵּיתֶ֫ךָ וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶלאתּ׳,
Deuteronomy 22:2;
Deuteronomy 23:11;
2 Samuel 3:27;
2 Samuel 4:6;
Jeremiah 21:4 +;
מֵעַל †
Ezekiel 11:23. —
תוך is used by most writers, occurring approximately 8-10 times in many books, but is especially frequent in P (about +
106 times) and Ezekiel (
116 times). synonym
קֶרֶב, which see.
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