פתגם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
פ־ת־ג־ם (p-t-g-m)
1 term

From Aramaic פתגמא (piṯḡāmā), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭢𐭲𐭠𐭬 (pgtʾm /⁠paygām, *pagtām⁠/). Compare Persian پیغام (peyğâm).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /pitˈɡam/

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Noun

פִּתְגָּם • (pitgam) m (plural indefinite פִּתְגָּמִים)

1. proverb

References

• H6599 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “פתגם” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• פתגם on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he