Lexical Definition

‎תָּוֶךְ‎ tâvek (taw'-vek) midst ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to sever

among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

• a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

1) midst, middle
1a) midst, middle
1b) into, through (after verbs of motion)
1c) among (of a number of persons)
1d) between (of things arranged by twos)
1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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 vPs 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 + (Carpenter^{Hex. 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.

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