Numbers 19:20:8Num.19.20.W8TAB
מִתּ֣וֹךְ
mittokh
“from the midst”
- Transliteration
- mit-TOkh
- Extended
- mit-TOHKH
- IPA
- /mitˈtoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the midst
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-ka-HAL
- clause
ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The phrase ha-nefeš ha-hiu' {הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא | ha-nefeš ha-hi-ûʾ} ‘that soul’ specifies the individual, while mitokh haqahal {מִתּוֹךְ הַקָּהָל | mĭ-toḵ ha-qā-hāl} ‘from within the assembly’ defines communal scope.
Root and etymology
Rootm-w-t
“to die, dead”
In context — Numbers 19:20
And any man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD ; the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 19:20, 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 Num.19.20.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W8.S1) and character.