פִּתְגָּם
pithgâm · pith-gawm'
a word, answer, letter or decree
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6599 (פִּתְגָּם);
a word, answer, letter or decree
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: answer, letter, matter, word.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign that works to carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּתְגָּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- an answer1 · 17%
- a letter1 · 17%
- us answer1 · 17%
- word1 · 17%
- matter1 · 17%
- this matter1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.