תָּוֶךְ

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