Lexical Summary pithom: suddenness, suddenly Original Word: פִתְאוֹםTransliteration: pithom Phonetic Spelling: (pith-ome') Part of Speech: substantive; adverb accusative Short Definition: suddenness, suddenly Meaning: suddenness, suddenly Strong's Concordance straightway, suddenly Or pith.om {pith-ome'}; from petha'; instantly -- straightway, sudden(-ly). see HEBREW petha' Brown-Driver-Briggs H6597. pithom מִּתְאֹם, once Psalm 64:8 (see Baer) מִּתְאוֺם substantive suddenness, usually as adverb accusative suddenly (from מֶּתַע, with the term. ם- (compare שִׁלְשֹׁם), and with ע weakened to א: Sta§ 295 Köii. 255 f. BaNB § 216 b); — Numbers 12:4 י ׳ויאמר ׳פ אלטֿשׁה, Joshua 10:9; 11:7; especially of calamity, invasion, etc., coming suddenly, Isaiah 47:11; 48:3; Jeremiah 4:20 ׳בּ אֹהָלי שֻׁדְּדוּ, 6:26; 15:8; 18:22; 51:8; Psalms ׳פ יִירָ֑אוּ וְלאֹ יֹרֻהוּ, 51:8; Job 5:3; 9:23; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Proverbs 6:15; 24:22; also 7:22; Malachi 3:1; thrice with מֶּתַע (q. v.). As a Genitive Proverbs 3:25 פ מִמַּהַר ׳אלתֿירא of the terror of suddenness, i.e. the sudden terror, Job 22:10; and with בְּ, in suddenness, 2 Chronicles 29:36 ׳בפ הדבר היה. |
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