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petaʿ פֶּתַע ‘suddenness’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes), compare pitʾōm פִּתְאֹם ‘suddenly’

petaʿ n, m
1) suddenness, in an instant

Mentioned in Numbers 35:22, 6:9 Isaiah 29:5, 30:13 Habakkuk 2:7 Proverbs 6:15, 29:1

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