2 Chronicles 20:14:132 Chr.20.14.W13TAB
בְּת֖וֹךְ
betokh
“in the midst of”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH
- IPA
- /bəˈθoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the midst of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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The word
Word in context
- word
be-TOKH
- clause
hai-TA a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH be-TOKH ha-ka-HAL
- sentence
ve-yakh-a-zi-EL ben-ze-khar-YA-hu ben-be-na-YA ben-ye-i-EL ben-mat-ta-ni-YA ha-le-VI min-be-NE a-SAF hai-TA a-LAV RU-akh Ye-ho-VAH be-TOKH ha-ka-HAL
Exegesis
The locative betokh haqahal {בְּתוֹךְ הַקָּהָל | bə-tōḵ ha-qā-hāl} ‘in the midst of the assembly’ situates the divine empowerment within communal worship. English rendering maintains the genealogical foreground before smoothing word order for narrative flow.
Root and etymology
RootBet–Tav
“daughter”
In context — 2 Chronicles 20:14
And the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the descendants of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 20:14:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Chronicles 20:14, so the Hebrew word בְּת֖וֹךְ (betokh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.20.14.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.14.W13.S1) and character.