Jeremiah 15:8:13Jer.15.8.W13TAB
פִּתְאֹ֔ם
pitom
“suddenly”
- Transliteration
- pit-OM
- Extended
- piht-OHM
- IPA
- /pit.ˈʔoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- suddenly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pit-OM
- clause
hi-pal-TI a-LE-ha pit-OM IR u-ve-ha-LOT
- sentence
a-tse-MU-li al-me-no-TAV me-KHOL yam-MIM he-VE-ti la-HEM al-EM ba-KHUR sho-DED ba-tso-ha-ra-YIM hi-pal-TI a-LE-ha pit-OM IR u-ve-ha-LOT
Exegesis
The second Hiphil hipalti {הִפַלְתִּי | hi-pal-tî} ‘I have caused to fall’ with the adverb pitom {פִּתְאֹם | pit-ʾōm} ‘suddenly’ intensifies abrupt destruction.
In context — Jeremiah 15:8
Their widows have become more numerous than the sand of the seas; at noon I have brought against the mothers of the young men a destroyer, and I have caused anguish and terrors to fall suddenly upon her.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 15:8:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Jeremiah 15:8, so the Hebrew word פִּתְאֹ֔ם (pitom) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jer.15.8.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.15.8.W13.S1) and character.