Proverbs 5:14:4Prov.5.14.W4TAB
בְּת֖וֹךְ
betokh
“in the midst of”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH
- IPA
- /bəˈθoːx/
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
- clause
be-TOKH ka-HAL ve-E-DA
- sentence
kim-E-AT ha-YI-TI ve-KHOL-RA be-TOKH ka-HAL ve-E-DA
Exegesis
The locative betoch {בְּתוֹךְ | bə-tôkh} ‘in the midst of’ sets the scene, immediately followed by the coordinated nouns kahal ve'edah {קָהָל וְעֵדָה | qāhāl wə-ʿēḏāh} ‘assembly and gathering’, two distinct communal bodies. Placing the intensive phrase before the locative clause highlights the severity of moral danger before identifying its public context. The maqqef in bechol-ra binds “all evil” into a single conceptual unit, which in natural English may be paraphrased as “complete ruin” in dynamic rendering.
In context — Proverbs 5:14
I was almost in utter ruin in the midst of the assembly and the gathering .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 5:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 5:14, 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 Prov.5.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.5.14.W4.S1) and character.