Job 22:10:6Job.22.10.W6TAB
פִּתְאֹֽם׃
pitom
“suddenly”
- Transliteration
- pit-OM
- Extended
- piht-OHM
- IPA
- /pitˈʔoːm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
PA-khad pit-OM
- clause
vi-va-HEL-kha PA-khad pit-OM
- sentence
al-KEHN se-vi-vo-TE-kha fa-KHIM vi-va-HEL-kha PA-khad pit-OM
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive piel verb viyvahelekha {וִיבַהֶלְךָ | wəyab-he-le-khā} ‘and terrifies you’ introduces the effect, with pachad {פַּחַד | pḥāḏ} ‘terror’ as subject and the adverb pitom {פִּתְאֹם | pitʾōm} ‘suddenly’ modifying the action. The English rendering preserves the cause-and-effect parallelism by mirroring the Hebrew sequence in two coordinated clauses.
Root and etymology
p-t-’
“unexpectedness”
In context — Job 22:10
Therefore snares are all around you, and sudden terror terrifies you.
About this coordinate
Job 22:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 22:10, so the Hebrew word פִּתְאֹֽם׃ (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 Job.22.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.22.10.W6.S1) and character.