Lexicon :: Strong's H8432 - tāveḵ

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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