Words the Bible translates as unawares
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- pitomפִּתְאֹםsuddenly: happening all at once and without warning, catching people unprepared
- lanthanōλανθάνωto escape notice: to go unseen or unrecognized, so that something real slips past a person entirely.
- shegagahשְׁגָגָהan unintended wrong: something done by accident, oversight, or a slip rather than on purpose
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