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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