תּוֹךְ II m. (b. h. תָּוֶךְ , constr. תּוֹךְ) 1) middle, inside, receptacle. Kel. XXVII, 1 כל שאין לו ת׳ וכ׳ earthen vessels which have no inside (receptacle), have no back, i.e. their back is not susceptible of levitical uncleanness. Ib. XXV, 2. Ib. 4 כלי שנטמאו … לא נטמא תוֹכוֹ if the outside of a vessel has become unclean, its inside is not affected thereby. Yoma 72ᵇ, v. בַּר I; a. fr.—Pl. תּוֹכוֹת. Gitt. 20ᵃ חק ת׳, v. חָקַק. —2) (prep.) in, into, within. Nidd. 45ᵇ ת׳ זמן within the period (during the year of developing puberty); B. Bath. 155ᵇ. Ib. 5ᵃ פרעתיך בת׳ זמני I paid thee within my appointed time (before the debt was due). Dem. VII, 5 בת׳ ביתו in his house. Kil. I, 8 לת׳ האבטיח into a melon; a. v. fr.–ת׳ כדי דיבור, v. דַּי.—מִתּ׳ immediately from, through, because of. Ber. V, 1 מת׳ כובד ראש in a mood of humility, v. כּוֹבֶד. Ib. 31ᵃ אין … לא מת׳ דין וכ׳ you must not rise for prayer immediately after giving judgment, or after an undecided discussion &c. Ib. מת׳ עצבות from a mood of grief. Pes. 50ᵇ מת׳ שלא לשמה, v. שֵׁם; Naz. 23ᵇ.—Shebu. 32ᵇ, a. fr. מת׳ שאינו יכול לישבע וכ׳ because he cannot make oath, he must pay. Bets. 12ᵃ, a. e. מת׳ שהותרה הוצאה וכ׳ since carrying for an immediate need (on the Holy Bay) has once been permitted, it has also been permitted for a less immediate need; a. v. fr.