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# פִּתְגָם

Biblical Aramaic

**command** — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

command [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b4_5bc_5ea_5b0_5d2_5b8_5dd/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פִּתְגָם: n.m. command, word, affair [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b4_5bc_5ea_5b0_5d2_5b8_5dd/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 6:11 command, word, affair (Pers.: v. BH);—abs. פ׳ Dn 3:16; emph. -מָא Ezr 4:17 +;—command Ezr 6:11, word, by missive 5:7, from king 4:17 (both c. שְׁלַח), in answer 5:11 (c. התיב); weakened, thing, affair Dn 3:16; 4:14.

### Jastrow 1903

פִּתְגָּם: decree; word; affair, event [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b4_5bc_5ea_5b0_5d2_5b8_5dd/#m3)

**The whole Jastrow entry:** decree; word; affair, event (= h. דָּבָר). Targ. Num. XXI, 24, a. fr. (כפ׳) לפ׳ דחרב according to the law of war (h. text לפי).—Targ. Is. VIII, 10. Ib. IX, 7. Targ. Deut. XXIV, 1 עֲבֵרַת פ׳ (h. text ערות דבר). Targ. Gen. XX, 10; a. fr.—Pl. פִּתְגָּמִין, פִּתְגָּמַיָּא. Targ. O. Ex. XXXIV, 27; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the (5); affair (1).

## In the verses

[Ezra 5:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.7/#tree)

פִּתְגָמָ֖א שְׁלַ֣חוּ עֲל֑וֹהִי וְכִדְנָה֙ כְּתִ֣יב בְּגַוֵּ֔הּ לְדָרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שְׁלָמָ֥א כֹֽלָּא׃ס

*Word for word:* the word they.sent to him and according to.this it.was.written in midst its to Darius the king the peace (the) all

*JPS 1917:* they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace.

[Daniel 3:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.16/#tree)

עֲנ֗וֹ שַׁדְרַ֤ךְ מֵישַׁךְ֙ וַעֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ עֲבֵ֣ד נְג֔וֹ וְאָמְרִ֖ין לְמַלְכָּ֑א נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֔ר לָֽא־חַשְׁחִ֨ין אֲנַ֧חְנָה עַל־דְּנָ֛ה פִּתְגָ֖ם לַהֲתָבוּתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* they.replied Shadrach Meshach and.Abednego and.Abednego and \[they.were\].saying to the king O.Nebuchadnezzar not \[are\].needing we concerning this affair to send back.to.you

*JPS 1917:* Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king: 'O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer thee in this matter.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1508/lemma_3a_5e4_5b4_5bc_5ea_5b0_5d2_5b8_5dd/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).