פִּתְגָּם

פִּתְגָּם noun masculine edict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma (patigam, come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm, message; see Gildem^{ZKM iv. 214} Mey^{Entstehung 23}; Aramaic פִּתְגָּמָא, word, command, Biblical Aramaic = Biblical Hebrew); — construct הַטֶּלֶךְ ׳פ Esth 1:20 with genitive object מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה ׳פ Eccl 8:11 (apparently f., compare De; but Hi Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 115} read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).

פִּתְגָם noun masculine^{Ezra 6:11} command, word, affair (Persian: see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳פ Dan 3:16 emphatic מָא- Ezra 4:17 +; — command Ezra 6:11, word, by missive Ezra 5:7, from king Ezra 4:17 (both with שְׁלַת), in answer Ezra 5:11 (with התיב); weakened, thing, affair Dan 3:16; Dan 4:14.