H8432. tavek

תָּ֫וֶךְ‎₄₁₈ substantive midst (Late Hebrew id., also denominative תִּוֵּוךְ‎; √ unknown; not apparently in cognate languages); — absolute תָּ֫וֶךְ‎ Genesis 15:10 +; construct תּוֺךְ‎ 1:6 +; תּוֺכוֺ תּוֺכִי,‎, etc., 2 feminine singular כִי תּוֺכֵּ֫‎ Psalm 116:19; 135:9, תּוֺכֹה‎ Ezekiel 48:15, 21, תּוֺכֲכֶם‎ Genesis 23:9 +, תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה‎ Ezekiel 16:53 (Ges^{§ 91f}); — midst, whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a linE: absolute Judges 16:29 הַתָּוֶךְ עַמּוּדֵי‎ = the middle columns, Jeremiah 39:3 בַּתָּוֶךְ הַתּ, ׳שַׁעַר‎ Genesis 15:10 בַּתּ ׳אֹתָם וַיְבַתֵּר‎, Numbers 35:5 בַּתָּוֶךְ וְהָעִיר‎, Joshua 8:22; Judges 15:4; Isaiah 66:17 בַּתָּוֶךְ אֶחָד אַחַר‎; construct 1 Kings 8:54 הֶחָצֵר תּוֺךְ אֶתֿ הַמֶּלֶךְ קִדַּשׁ‎, Ezekiel 15:4 נָחָר וְתוֺכוֺ‎; usually with preposition, as בְּ‎ (often = an emphasis in, in the very heart and midst of), Genesis 1:6 הַמַּיִם בְּתוֺךְ‎, 2:9 ׳בְּת הַגָּן‎, 9:21 ׳בְּת אָהֳהֹ‎, 18:24 ׳בְּת הָעִיר‎, 37:7 ׳בְּת הַשָּׁדֶה‎, Exodus 11:4 ׳בת מצרים יוצא אני‎, 39:3, Joshua 8:9 ׳בְּת הָעָם‎, Judges 7:16 ׳בת דִּים הַכַּ‎, 1 Kings 3:20 ׳בְּת הַלַּיְלָה‎; בְּתוֺכָהּ‎ (of land or city) Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 7:6, etc.; in Ezekiel בְּתוֺכָהּ בְּתוֺכֵךְ,‎, etc., of sins done, or judgment to be wrought, in the very midst of Jerusalem, Ezekiel 5:8, 10; 9:4; 22:3, 7, 9, 13 +; ׳בְּת מֵעַי‎ Psalm 22:15; 40:9 ׳בְּת לִבִּי בְּת, ׳תּוֺרָֽתְךָ מֵעָ֫י‎ 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 בְּתוֺכְנוּ ׳בְּת, עֲבָדָיו‎ 23:6, בְּתוֺכָם‎ 1 Samuel 10:10; Job 1:6, etc., בְּתוֺכֲכֶם הַגָּר‎ Leviticus 17:8, 10, 13 +; = between (of things arranged by twos) Exodus 39:25 in P often (12 t.) of the divinE presence, or dwelling, in the midst of Israel, 25:8; 29:45-46, Leviticus 15:31; 16:16 + (Carpenter^{Hex. i. 209, ed. 2, 410}; J E D in such cases have always קֶרֶב‎), so Ezekiel 37:26, 28; 43:7, 9, compare Haggai 2:5; מִן‎, as Genesis 19:29 הַהֲפֵכָה מִתּוֺךְ‎, Exodus 3:2 הַסְּנֶה ׳מִתּ‎, 33:11 מִתּ יָמִישׁ ׳לאֹ הָאֹהֶל‎, Deuteronomy 4:12 + ׳מִתּ הָאֵשׁ‎, 1 Samuel 15:6 מִתּ ׳רְדוּ עֲמָלֵק‎; = from among, as to take, separate, etc., ׳מִתּ הָעָם מִתּוֺכָם,‎, etc., Exodus 7:5; 28:1; Numbers 3:12; 4:2, 18; 16:21, 33; 17:10; 19:20 (all P) +; אֶל‎, as Exodus 14:23 הַיָּם ויבאואֶ֗֗֗לאתּוֺךְ‎, Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 17:12 ׳אֶלאתּ הַקָּהָל וַיָּרָץ‎, 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:12 אֶלאתּ ׳וַהֲבֵאתָהּ בֵּיתֶ֫ךָ‎, 22:2; 23:11; 2 Samuel 3:27; 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 (c. 106 t,) and Ezekiel (116 t.). synonym קֶרֶב‎, q. v.