תָּ֫וֶךְ418 substantive midst (Late Hebrew id., also denominative תִּוֵּוךְ; √ unknown; not apparently in cognate languages); — absolute תָּ֫וֶךְ [Gen 15:10] +; construct תּוֺךְ [Gen 1:6] +; תּוֺכִי, תּוֺכוֺ, etc., 2 feminine singular תּוֺכֵּ֫ כִי [Ps 116:19]; [Ps 135:9], תּוֺכֹה [Ezek 48:15]; [Ezek 48:21], תּוֺכֲכֶם [Gen 23:9] +, תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה [Ezek 16:53] (Ges«GKC:91f»§ 91f); — midst, whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a linE: absolute [Judg 16:29] עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶךְ = the middle columns, [Jer 39:3] ׳שַׁעַר הַתּ, בַּתָּוֶךְ [Gen 15:10] וַיְבַתֵּר ׳אֹתָם בַּתּ, [Num 35:5] וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ, [Josh 8:22]; [Judg 15:4]; [Isa 66:17] אַחַר אֶחָד בַּתָּוֶךְ; construct [1Kgs 8:54] קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶתֿ תּוֺךְ הֶחָצֵר, [Ezek 15:4] וְתוֺכוֺ נָחָר; usually with preposition, as בְּ (often = an emphasis in, in the very heart and midst of), [Gen 1:6] בְּתוֺךְ הַמַּיִם, [Gen 2:9] הַגָּן ׳בְּת, [Gen 9:21] אָהֳהֹ ׳בְּת, [Gen 18:24] הָעִיר ׳בְּת, [Gen 37:7] הַשָּׁדֶה ׳בְּת, [Exod 11:4] אני יוצא מצרים ׳בת, [Exod 39:3], [Josh 8:9] הָעָם ׳בְּת, [Judg 7:16] הַכַּ דִּים ׳בת, [1Kgs 3:20] הַלַּיְלָה ׳בְּת; בְּתוֺכָהּ (of land or city) [Num 13:32]; [Isa 7:6], etc.; in Ezekiel בְּתוֺכֵךְ, בְּתוֺכָהּ, etc., of sins done, or judgment to be wrought, in the very midst of Jerusalem, [Ezek 5:8]; [Ezek 5:10]; [Ezek 9:4]; [Ezek 22:3]; [Ezek 22:7]; [Ezek 22:9]; [Ezek 22:13] +; מֵעַי ׳בְּת [Ps 22:15]; [Ps 40:9] מֵעָ֫י ׳תּוֺרָֽתְךָ בְּת, לִבִּי ׳בְּת v[Ps 22:11], compare [Prov 4:21] after verbs of motion, = into [Exod 14:27]; [1Sam 9:14], = through [Exod 14:29]; [Num 33:8]; [Ezek 9:4]; [Neh 9:11] of a number of persons = among (not nEcess. of the actual middle), [Gen 40:20] עֲבָדָיו ׳בְּת, בְּתוֺכְנוּ [Gen 23:6], בְּתוֺכָם [1Sam 10:10]; [Job 1:6], etc., הַגָּר בְּתוֺכֲכֶם [Lev 17:8]; [Lev 17:10]; [Lev 17:13] +; = between (of things arranged by twos) [Exod 39:25] in P often (12 t.) of the divinE presence, or dwelling, in the midst of Israel, [Exod 25:8]; [Exod 29:45]; [Exod 29:46]; [Lev 15:31]; [Lev 16:16] + (CarpenterHex. i. 209, ed. 2, 410; J E D in such cases have always קֶרֶב), so [Ezek 37:26]; [Ezek 37:28]; [Ezek 43:7]; [Ezek 43:9], compare [Hag 2:5] מִן, as [Gen 19:29] מִתּוֺךְ הַהֲפֵכָה, [Exod 3:2] ׳מִתּ הַסְּנֶה, [Exod 33:11] הָאֹהֶל ׳לאֹ יָמִישׁ מִתּ, [Deut 4:12] + הָאֵשׁ ׳מִתּ, [1Sam 15:6] עֲמָלֵק ׳רְדוּ מִתּ; = from among, as to take, separate, etc., מִתּוֺכָם, הָעָם ׳מִתּ, etc., [Exod 7:5]; [Exod 28:1]; [Num 3:12]; [Num 4:2]; [Num 4:18]; [Num 16:21]; [Num 16:33]; [Num 17:10]; [Num 19:20] (all P) +; אֶל, as [Exod 14:23] ויבאואֶ֗֗֗לאתּוֺךְ הַיָּם, [Lev 11:33]; [Num 17:12] וַיָּרָץ הַקָּהָל ׳אֶלאתּ, [Num 19:6]; [Deut 21:12] בֵּיתֶ֫ךָ ׳וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶלאתּ, [Deut 22:2]; [Deut 23:11]; [2Sam 3:27]; [2Sam 4:6]; [Jer 21:4] +; מֵעַל [Ezek 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.
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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