subst. midst (NH id., also denom.
תִּוֵּוךְ; √ unknown; not apparently in cognate languages
);—abs.
תָּ֫וֶךְ Breishis 15:10 +; cstr.
תּוֹךְ Breishis 1:6 +;
תּוֹכִי,
תּוֹכוֹ, etc., 2 fs.
תּוֹכֵ֫כִי †
Tehillim 116:19;
Tehillim 135:9,
תּוֹכֹה †
Yechezkel 48:15,
Yechezkel 48:2,
תּוֹכֲכֶם Breishis 23:9 +,
תּוֹכָ֑הְנָה †
Yechezkel 16:53 (Ges
§ 91 f);—
midst, whether of a space or place, a number of people or things, or of a line: abs. †
Shoftim 16:29 עַמּוּדֵי הַתָּוֶךְ = the
middle columns,
Yirmiya 39:3 שַׁעַר הַתּ׳,
בַּתָּוֶךְ Breishis 15:10 וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתּ׳,
Bamidbar 35:5 וְהָעִיר בַּתָּוֶךְ,
Yehoshua 8:22 Shoftim 15:4 Yeshaya 66:17 אַחַר אֶחָד בַּתָּוֶךְ; cstr.
Melachim Alef 8:64 קִדַּשׁ הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶת־ תּוֹךְ הֶחָצֵר,
Yechezkel 15:4 וְתוֹכוֹ נָחָר; usually c. prep., as
בְּ (often = an emph.
in, in the very heart and midst of),
Breishis 1:6 בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם,
Breishis 2:9 בְּת׳ הַגָּן,
Breishis 9:21 בְּת׳ אָהֳלֹה,
Breishis 18:24 בְּת׳ הָעִיר,
Breishis 37:7 בְּת׳ הַשָּׂדֶה,
Shemos 11:4 אני יוצא בת׳ מצרים,
Shemos 39:3,
Yehoshua 8:9 בְּת׳ הָעָם,
Shoftim 7:16 בת׳ הַכַּדִּים,
Melachim Alef 3:20 בְּת׳ הַלַּיְלָה;
בְּתוֹכָהּ (of land or city)
Bamidbar 13:32 Yeshaya 7:6, etc.; in Ez
בְּתוֹכֵךְ,
בְּתוֹכָהּ, etc., of sins done, or judgment to be wrought,
in the very midst of Jerusalem,
Yechezkel 5:8,
Yechezkel 5:10;
Yechezkel 9:4;
Yechezkel 22:3,
Yechezkel 22:7,
Yechezkel 22:9,
Yechezkel 22:13 +;
בְּת׳ מֵעַי Tehillim 22:15,
Tehillim 40:9 תּוֹרָֽתְךָ בְּת׳ מֵעָ֑י,
בְּת׳ לִבִּי v
Tehillim 40:11, cf.
Mishlei 4:21; after verbs of motion, =
into Shemos 14:27 Shmuel Alef 9:14, =
through Shemos 14:29;
Bamidbar 33:8;
Yechezkel 9:4;
Nechemia 9:11; of a number of persons =
among (not necess. of the actual
middle),
Breishis 40:20 בְּת׳ עֲבָדָיו,
בְּתוֹכֵנוּ Breishis 23:6,
בְּתוֹכָם Shmuel Alef 10:10;
Iyov 1:6, etc.,
הַגָּר בְּתוֹכֲכֶם Vayikra 17:8,
Vayikra 17:10,
Vayikra 17:13 +; =
between (of things arranged by twos)
Shemos 39:25; in P often (12 times) of the divine presence, or dwelling,
in the midst of Isr.,
Shemos 25:8;
Shemos 29:45,
Shemos 29:46;
Vayikra 15:31;
Vayikra 16:16 + (Carpenter
Hex. i. 209, ed. 2, 410; JED in such cases have always
קֶרֶב), so
Yechezkel 37:26,
Yechezkel 37:28;
Yechezkel 43:7,
Yechezkel 43:9, cf.
Chaggai 2:5;
מִן, as
Breishis 19:29 מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה,
Shemos 3:2 מִתּ׳ הַסְּנֶה,
Shemos 33:11 לֹא יָמִישׁ מִתּ׳ הָאֹהֶל,
Devarim 4:12 +
מִתּ׳ הָאֵשׁ,
Shmuel Alef 15:6 רְדוּ מִתּ׳ עֲמָלֵק; =
from among, as to take, separate, etc.,
מִתּוֹכָם,
מִתּ׳ הָעָם, etc.,
Shemos 7:5;
Shemos 28:1;
Bamidbar 3:12;
Bamidbar 4:2,
Bamidbar 4:18;
Bamidbar 16:21,
Bamidbar 16:33;
Bamidbar 17:10;
Bamidbar 19:20 (all P) +;
אֶל, as
Shemos 14:23 ויבאו …
אֶל־תּוֹךְ הַיָּם,
Vayikra 11:33;
Bamidbar 17:12 וַיָּרָץ אֶל־תּ׳ הַקָּהָל,
Bamidbar 19:6 Devarim 21:12 וַהֲבֵאתָהּ אֶל־תּ׳ בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ,
Devarim 22:2;
Devarim 23:11;
Shmuel Beis 3:27;
Yirmiya 21:4 +;
עַד Shmuel Beis 4:6;
מֵעַל †
Yechezkel 11:23.—
תוך is used by most writers, occ. c. 8–10 times in many books, but is especially frequent in P (c. 106 times) and Ez (116 times). Syn.
קֶרֶב, q.v.