Exodus 39:3:9Exod.39.3.W9TAB

וּבְת֣וֹךְ

uvetohkh

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Transliteration
u-ve-TOHkh
Extended
oo-veh-TOHKH
IPA
/uː.vəˈθoːx/

Meaning by language

English
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Result
וּ + בְ + ת֣וֹךְ
u + ve + tohkh
uvetohkh

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Tavt as in top
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Kaf Sofitfinal form of Kaf — at word end
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable

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Word in context

  1. word

    u-ve-TOHkh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    u-ve-TOHkh ha-ar-ga-MAN

  3. clause

    va-ye-rak-ke-OO et-pa-KHEI haz-za-HAV ve-kit-TSETS pe-ti-LIM la-a-SOT be-TOHkh hat-te-KHE-let u-ve-TOHkh ha-ar-ga-MAN u-ve-TOHkh to-la-AT hash-sha-NEE u-ve-TOHkh hash-SHESH

  4. sentence

    va-ye-rak-ke-OO et-pa-KHEI haz-za-HAV ve-kit-TSETS pe-ti-LIM la-a-SOT be-TOHkh hat-te-KHE-let u-ve-TOHkh ha-ar-ga-MAN u-ve-TOHkh to-la-AT hash-sha-NEE u-ve-TOHkh hash-SHESH ma-a-SEH kho-SHEV

Exegesis

A series of coordinated prepositional phrases with be-tokh {בְּת֤וֹךְ | bə·tôḵ} and u-be-tokh {וּבְת֣וֹךְ | ū·bə·tôḵ} systematically enumerate the materials: ha-tekhelet {הַתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ | ha·tə·kê·lēt} ‘the blue’, ha-argaman {הָֽאַרְגָּמָ֔ן | hā·ʾar·gā·mān} ‘the purple’, tōlaʿat ha-shani {תּוֹלַ֥עַת הַשָּׁנִ֖י | tō·la·ʿat ha·šanî} ‘worm of the scarlet’, and ha-shesh {הַשֵּׁ֑שׁ | ha·šēš} ‘the fine linen’.

In contextExodus 39:3

They hammered out the gold into thin sheets and cut it into strands to weave among the blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen—the work of a craftsman .

About this coordinate

Exodus 39:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 39:3, so the Hebrew word וּבְת֣וֹךְ (uvetohkh) 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.39.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.39.3.W9.S1) and character.