Lexical Definition

‎פִּתְאוֹם‎ pithʼôwm (pith-ome') suddenly ^H:Adv
or פִּתְאֹם pithʼôm (pith-ome'); from ‎פֶּתַע‎

straightway, sudden(-ly).

• instantly

adv
1) suddenly, surprisingly
subst
2) suddenness

See Greek: ἄφνω · ἐξαίφνης · ἐξάπινα · ἐπέρχομαι · εὐθέως · παραχρῆμα

Extended Information

• adv
• subst

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פִּתְאֹם‎, once Ps 64:8* (see Baer) ‎פִּתְאוֺם‎ substantive suddenness, usually as adverb accusative suddenly (from ‎פֶּתַע‎, with the term. ‎ ם‎- (compare ‎שִׁלְשֹׁם‎), and with ‎ע‎ weakened to ‎א‎: Sta^{§ 295} Kö^{ii. 255 f.} Ba^{NB § 216 b}); — Num 12:4 ‎אלטֿשׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ ‎׳‎‎ויאמר י‎, Josh 10:9; Josh 11:7 especially of calamity, invasion, etc., coming suddenly, Isa 47:11; Isa 48:3; Jer 4:20 ‎שֻׁדְּדוּ אֹהָלי‎ ‎׳‎‎בּ‎, Jer 6:26; Jer 15:8; Jer 18:22; Jer 51:8 Psalms ‎יֹרֻהוּ וְלאֹ יִירָ֑אוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎, vJer 51:8; Job 5:3; Job 9:23; Eccl 9:12; Prov 6:15; Prov 24:22 also Prov 7:22; Mal 3:1 thrice with ‎פֶּתַע‎ (q. v.). As a genitive Prov 3:25 ‎׳‎‎אלתֿירא מִפַּהַר פ‎ of the terror of suddenness, i.e. the sudden terror, Job 22:10 and with ‎בְּ‎, in suddenness, 2Chr 29:36 ‎היה הדבר‎ ‎׳‎‎בפ‎.

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