What does תָּוֶךְ · בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל mean in the Bible?
e. (by implication) the centre".
Hebrew · H8432, H1121, H3478
בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
A bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre · a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) · he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
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תָּוֶךְ H8432 a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
בֵּן H1121 a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Pronunciation ben
Son extends metaphorically to designate relationship, condition, quality, and national identity across kinship and covenantal contexts.
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יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 he will rule as God ; Jisraël , a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
What does בְּתוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל (betokh benei Yisra'el) mean in the Bible?
תָּוֶךְ · בֵּן · יִשְׂרָאֵל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H8432, H1121, H3478?
H8432, H1121, H3478 is connected to 7,869 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
Strong's H8432, H1121, H3478
Lexical occurrences 7,869 verses Source Gloss
a bisection , i.e. (by implication) the centre
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Cross-Language Connections
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain