Leviticus 24:10:7Lev.24.10.W7TAB
בְּת֖וֹךְ
betokh
“among”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH
- IPA
- /bəˈtoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- among
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
- clause
va-ye-TSE ben-i-SHAH yis-re-e-LIT ve-HU ben-ISH mits-REE be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ye-TSE ben-i-SHAH yis-re-e-LIT ve-HU ben-ISH mits-REE be-TOKH be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yi-na-TSU bam-ma-KHA-NEH ben ha-yis-re-e-LIT ve-ISH ha-yis-re-e-LEE
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase betokh bnei yisrael {בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל} ‘in the midst of the sons of Israel’ situates the action within the communal camp.
In context — Leviticus 24:10
And the son of an Israelite woman —but he was the son of an Egyptian man—went out among the sons of Israel . And they fought in the camp between the son of the Israelite woman and an Israelite man.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:10:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 24:10, so the Hebrew word בְּת֖וֹךְ (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 Lev.24.10.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.10.W7.S1) and character.