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title: פִּתְגָּם — edict · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּתְגָּם (6599), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: edict. BDB 1906: n.m. edict, decree. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּתְגָּם

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«פִּתְגָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **edict** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 6599 · **BDB:** פִּתְגָּם

### Glosses

the.decree (1); the.sentence (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

edict [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6599/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. edict, decree [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6599/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. edict, decree (Pers. loan-wd., OPers. patigâma, word, command, Biblical Aramaic = BH);—cstr. פ׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ Est 1:20; c. genit. obj. פ׳ מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה Ec 8:11 (appar. f., cf. De; but Hi AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 115 read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פִּתְגָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6599/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.8.11/)

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אֲשֶׁר֙ אֵין־נַעֲשָׂ֣ה פִתְגָ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ה מְהֵרָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֡ן מָלֵ֞א לֵ֧ב בְּֽנֵי־הָאָדָ֛ם בָּהֶ֖ם לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת רָֽע׃

*Word for word:* that not it.is.done the.sentence the.deed of the.evil quickly therefore it.is.full the.heart of.the.children of.(the) humankind in them to do evil

*JPS 1917:* Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil;

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[Esther 1:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.1.20/)

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וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא וְכָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ן לְמִגָּד֖וֹל וְעַד־קָטָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be.heard the.decree of the.king which he.will.make in all kingdom his (dm) \[is\].great it and all the women they.will.give honor to husbands their (to) from great and unto insignificant

*JPS 1917:* And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.'

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