פֶּתַע
pethaʻ(peh'-thah)
“a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly”
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Definition
From Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (1906)
Strong’s Definition
a wink, i.e. moment(used only (with or without preposition) adverbially, quickly or unexpectedly
Translated in KJV as
at an instantsuddenly[idiom] very.
Etymology
from an unused root meaning to open (the eyes); (compare H6597 (פִּתְאוֹם))
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