H8432. tavek

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