בְּת֨וֹךְ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּת֨וֹךְ

   be-TOKH

   in the midst of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּת֨וֹךְ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

   be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM

   in the midst of land of Egypt
3. clause🔊 וָאֹמַ֞ר לִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְכַלּ֣וֹת אַפִּ֣י בָּהֶ֗ם בְּת֨וֹךְ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

   va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM le-khal-LOT A-PI ba-HEM be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM

   and I said to pour out my wrath upon them to complete or to finish my anger against them or in them in the midst of land of Egypt
4. sentence🔊 וַיְמָרֲרוּ־בִ֗י וְלֹ֤א אָב֙וּ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׁלִ֔יכוּ וְאֶת־גִּלּוּלֵ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם לֹ֣א עָזָ֑בוּ וָאֹמַ֞ר לִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְכַלּ֣וֹת אַפִּ֣י בָּהֶ֗ם בְּת֨וֹךְ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

   va-ye-ma-ra-RU-VI ve-LO A-VU lish-MO-a E-LAI ISH et-shik-ku-TSEI e-ne-HEM LO hish-li-KHU ve-et-gil-lu-LEI mits-ra-YIM LO a-za-VU va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM le-khal-LOT A-PI ba-HEM be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM

   and they rebelled against me and not they were willing to listen to me a man the detestable things of their eyes not they threw away and the idols of Egypt not they forsook and I said to pour out my wrath upon them to complete or to finish my anger against them or in them in the midst of land of Egypt

Exegesis

Finally, the phrase bəṯōḵ ʾereṣ miṣrāyim {בְּתוֹךְ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם | bə-ṯōḵ ʾe-reṣ miṣ-rā-yim} anchors the judgment geographically. The repetition of infinitival constructions and negations underscores unyielding rebellion and the certainty of divine retribution.