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title: פֶּתַע — suddenness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּתַע (6621), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: suddenness. BDB 1906: subst. suddenness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּתַע

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«פֶּתַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **suddenness** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 6621 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫תַע

### Glosses

suddenness (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

suddenness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6621/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

subst. suddenness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6621/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** subst. suddenness (√ unknown: cf. Assyrian ina pitti, ina pittimma, in suddenness, instantly, DlHWB 553):—Nu 35:22 וְאִם־בְּפֶתַע … הֲדָפוֹ if he have thrust him in suddenness, before he is aware what he has done (i.e. accidentally); + פִּתְאֹם Nu 6:9, וכי ימות מת עליו בפתע פתאם i.e. very suddenly; לְפֶתַע according to (לְ, p. 516b) suddenness, Is 29:5 והיה לפתע פתאם = at an instant, suddenly, 30:13 אשׁר פתאם לפתע יבוא שִׁבְרָהּ. As adv. acc., suddenly, Pr 6:15 (= 29:1) פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר, Hb 2:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּתַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6621/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 29:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.1/)

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אִ֣ישׁ תּ֭וֹכָחוֹת מַקְשֶׁה־עֹ֑רֶף פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.rebukes \[who\].stiffens a.neck suddenness he.will.be.broken and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] healing

*JPS 1917:* He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.

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[Proverbs 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.15/)

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עַל־כֵּ֗ן פִּ֭תְאֹם יָב֣וֹא אֵיד֑וֹ פֶּ֥תַע יִ֝שָּׁבֵ֗ר וְאֵ֣ין מַרְפֵּֽא׃פ

*Word for word:* therefore suddenly it.will.come disaster his suddenness he.will.be.broken and there.\[will\].not.\[be\] healing

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; on a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

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