Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H6599 |
|---|---|
| Word: | פִּתגָּם |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | of Persian origin |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | pithgam |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pith-gawm' |
| Meaning: | 1. a (judicial) sentence |
| KJV Renderings: | decree, sentence. |
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פִּתְגָּם noun masculine edict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma ( patigam , come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm , message; see GildemZKM iv. 214 MeyEntstehung 23; Aramaic פִּתְגָּמָא, [untranscribed source text 4378] word, command, Biblical Aramaic = Biblical Hebrew); — construct הַטֶּלֶךְ ׳ פ Esth 1:20 with genitive object מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה ׳ פ Eccl 8:11 (apparently f., compare De; but Hi AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 115 read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).
פִּתְגָם noun masculine Ezra 6:11 command, word, affair (Persian: see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳ פ Dan 3:16 emphatic מָא- Ezra 4:17 +; — command Ezra 6:11, word, by missive Ezra 5:7, from king Ezra 4:17 (both with שְׁלַת), in answer Ezra 5:11 (with התיב); weakened, thing, affair Dan 3:16; Dan 4:14.
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
