תָּ֫וֶךְ₄₁₈ 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., 2 feminine singular תּוֺכֵּ֫ כִי Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:9, תּוֺכֹה Ezekiel 48:15,21, תּוֺכֲכֶם Genesis 23:9 +, תּוֺכָ֫הְנָה Ezekiel 16:53 (Ges^{§ 91f}); — 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 t.) 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 ויבאואֶ֗֗֗לאתּוֺךְ הַיָּם, 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 (c. 106 t,) and Ezekiel (116 t.). synonym קֶרֶב, q. v.