Genesis 19:29:11Gen.19.29.W11TAB
מִתּ֣וֹךְ
mittokh
“from the midst of”
- Transliteration
- mit-TOKH
- Extended
- miht-TOHKH
- IPA
- /mitˈtoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the midst of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mit-TOKH
- phraseyour reading level
mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA
- clause
va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-sha-KHET e-lo-HIM et-a-REI ha-kik-KAR va-yiz-KOR e-lo-HIM et-av-ra-HAM va-ye-shal-LAKH et-LOT mit-TOKH ha-ha-fe-KHA ba-ha-FOKH et-he-a-RIM a-sher-ya-SHAV ba-HEN LOT
Exegesis
The phrases mitokh hahafekhah {מִתּ֣וֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָ֔ה | mit-tôḵ ha-ha-pê-kāh} ‘from the midst of the overthrow’ and bahafokh et-hearim {בַּהֲפֹךְ֙ אֶת־הֶעָרִ֔ים | ba-ha-pōḵ ʾeṯ-he-ʿā-rîm} ‘when overturning the cities’ frame Lot’s rescue within the larger act of destruction.
In context — Genesis 19:29
It happened that when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow of the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:29, so the Hebrew word מִתּ֣וֹךְ (mittokh) 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 Gen.19.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.29.W11.S1) and character.