Exodus 15:19:17Exod.15.19.W17TAB
בְּת֥וֹךְ
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
- phraseyour reading level
be-TOKH ha-YAM
- clause
u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM
- sentence
KI BA SUS par-O be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV bay-YAM va-YA-shev Yeh-ho-VAH a-le-HEM et-MEI ha-YAM u-ve-NEI yis-ra-EL hal-KHU bay-yab-ba-SHA be-TOKH ha-YAM
Exegesis
A contrasting clause introduced by u-ve-nei {וּבְנֵ֧י | wə-bᵊ-nê} ‘and the sons of’ presents Yisra’el {יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | Yiś-rā-’ēl} as subject with halchu {הָלְכוּ | hā-lǝ-ḵū} ‘walked’, while the locative ba-yabbashah {בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה | ba-yab-bā-šāh} ‘on dry ground’ and the prepositional phrase be-tokh ha-yam {בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם | bə-toḵ ha-yām} ‘in the midst of the sea’ underscore the miraculous nature of the passage.
In context — Exodus 15:19
For when the horse of Pharaoh entered the sea with his chariot and his horsemen , the LORD turned back the waters of the sea; but the sons of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:19:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Exodus 15:19, so the Hebrew word בְּת֥וֹךְ (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.15.19.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.19.W17.S1) and character.