Genesis 1:6:5Gen.1.6.W5PAT
בְּת֣וֹךְ
betokh
“in the midst of”
- Transliteration
- be-TOKH
- Extended
- beh-TOHKH
- IPA
- /bə.ˈtoːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the midst of
- French
- au milieu de
- Spanish
- en medio de
- Portuguese
- no meio de
- German
- inmitten von
- Russian
- посреди
- Arabic-Simplified
- فِي وَسَطِ
- Hindi
- के बीच में
- Chinese-Simplified
- 当中
- Korean
- 가운데에
- Indonesian
- di tengah
- Bengali
- মধ্যে
- Tagalog
- sa gitna ng
- Swahili
- katikati ya
- Amharic
- በመካከል
- Yoruba
- ní àárín
- Igbo
- n'etiti
- Twi
- mfimfini mu
- Ewe
- le titina
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
- phraseyour reading level
be-TOKH ha-MA-yim
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM ye-HI ra-KI-a be-TOKH ha-MA-yim vi-HI ma-ve-DIL BEIN MA-yim la-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:6
God {And He} said let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it be separating between waters and waters
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 1:6, so the Hebrew word בְּת֣וֹךְ (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 Gen.1.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.6.W5.S1) and character.