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Ezra 4:17
“Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6600 · Aramaic
- Definition
- a word, answer, letter or decree
- Derivation
- (Aramaic) corresponding to H6599 (פִּתְגָּם);
- KJV renderings
- answer, letter, matter, word.
- Grammar
- פִּתְגָמָ֞ — common noun, masculine, singular, determined
- א — particle (definite article)
- Usage
- Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 5:7Ezra 5:11Ezra 6:11Daniel 3:16Daniel 4:14
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פִּתְגָּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.