Ezekiel 21:32:6Ezek.21.32.W6TABWLC Ezekiel 21:37
בְּתוֹךְ֙
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
- sentence
la-ESH tih-ye-HE le-a-KHA-la da-MEKH yih-ye-HE be-TOKH ha-A-rets LO tiz-za-KHE-ri KI a-NI ye-ho-VAH dib-bar-TI
Exegesis
The construct damekh yihyeh betokh ha-aretz {דָּמֵךְ יִהְיֶה בְּתוֹךְ הָאָרֶץ | dā-mēḵ yih-yeh bə-ṯōḵ hā-ʾā-reṣ} ‘your blood will be in the midst of the land’ foregrounds public disgrace.
In context — Ezekiel 21:32
You shall be delivered to the fire for consumption ; your blood will be in the midst of the land; you will not be remembered, for I, the LORD , have spoken.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 21:32, so the Hebrew word בְּתוֹךְ֙ (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 Ezek.21.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.32.W6.S1) and character.