Exodus 14:29:5Exod.14.29.W5TAB
בְּת֣וֹךְ
betokh
“in the midst of”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH
- IPA
- /bəˈtoːx/
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
- phraseyour reading level
be-TOKH hai-YAM
- clause
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM
- sentence
oo-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU va-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH hai-YAM ve-ham-MA-yim la-HEM kho-MA mi-mi-NAM oo-mis-se-mo-LAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bayabashah {בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה | ba-yab-bā-šāh} ‘on the dry land’ emphasizes the miraculous terrain, while betokh {בְּת֣וֹךְ | bə-tôḵ} ‘in the middle of’ with hayam {הַיָּ֑ם | ha-yām} establishes a thoroughfare through the sea rather than a margin. The clause vehamayim lahem chomah ‘and the waters for them a wall’ inverts the Hebrew SVO order to highlight the waters’ protective function.
In context — Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea, and the waters were for them a wall from their right side and from their left.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 14:29, so the Hebrew word בְּת֣וֹךְ (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 Exod.14.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.29.W5.S1) and character.