Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6599 - פִתְגָּם pithgam (an edict)

Original Word:	פִתְגָּם
Transliteration:	pithgam
Definition:	an edict, decree
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(pith-gawm')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

decree, sentence

Of Persian origin; a (judicial) sentence -- decree, sentence.

Englishman's Concordance

1) edict, decree
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of Persian origin
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1852

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מִּתְגָּםnoun masculineedict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma (patigam, come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm, message; see Gildem^{ZKM iv. 214} Mey^{Entstehung 23}; Aramaic מִּתְגָּמָא,

word, command, Biblical Aramaic=Biblical Hebrew); — construct הַטֶּלֶךְ׳פEsther 1:20; with Genitive object מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה׳פEcclesiastes 8:11 (apparently f., compare De; but Hi Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 115} read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6599. פִּתְגָם (pithgam) — 2 Occurrences

Esther 1:20
HEB: וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־
NAS: When the king's edict which
KJV: And when the king's decree which he shall make
INT: is heard edict the king's which

Ecclesiastes 8:11
HEB:אֵין־ נַעֲשָׂ֣ה פִתְגָ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ה
NAS: Because the sentence against an evil
KJV:Because sentence against an evil work
INT: is not executed the sentence deed an evil

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