תִּיכוֹנָה f. (b. h.; תּוֹךְ) inner, central, middle. Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ; Lam. R. to II, 19. Ber. 3ᵇ (ref. to Jud. VII, 19) אין ת׳ אלא שיש וכ׳ you cannot say middle watch, unless there is one before and one after (which proves that the night is divided into three watches); Yalk. Jud. 63.—Pl. תִּיכוֹנוֹת. Ib. מאי תיכונה תיכונה שבת׳ tikhonah means here the middle of the middle watches, i.e. the end of the second and the beginning of the third of the four watches; v. תִּוֵּוךְ; Ber. l. c. אחת מן התיכונה שבת׳ (corr. acc.).
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תִּיכוֹנָה f. (b. h.; תּוֹךְ ) inner, central, middle . Y. Ber. I, 2ᵈ ; Lam. R. to II, 19 . Ber. 3ᵇ (ref. to Jud. VII, 19 ) אין ת׳ אלא שיש וכ׳ you…
References
- Jastrow, תּוֹךְ I 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Berakhot 1:1:28
- Eichah Rabbah 2:22
- Berakhot 3b:11
- Judges 7:19
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 63:1
- Jastrow, תִּוֵּוךְ 1