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Jeremiah 51:8
“Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פִּתְאוֹםpithʼôwm · pith-ome'
H6597 · Hebrew
H6597 · Hebrew
- Definition
- instantly
- Derivation
- or פִּתְאֹם; from H6621 (פֶּתַע);
- KJV renderings
- straightway, sudden(-ly).
- Grammar
- פִּתְאֹ֛ם — adverb
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 6:9Numbers 12:4Joshua 10:9Joshua 11:72 Chronicles 29:36
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 פִּתְאוֹם 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.