Lexical Definition

‎פִּתְגָּם‎ pithgâm (pith-gawm') edict ^H:N-M
of Persian origin

decree, sentence.

• a (judicial) sentence

1) edict, decree

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: pit.gam (‎פ‎ִּ‎ת‎ְ‎ג‎ָ‎ם‎ "edict" פִּתְגָּם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פִּתְגָּם‎ noun masculine edict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma (patigam, come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm, message; see Gildem^{ZKM iv. 214} Mey^{Entstehung 23}; Aramaic ‎פִּתְגָּמָא‎, 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 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 115} read ‎נַעֲשֶׂה‎ for ‎נַעֲשָׂה‎).

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