pe.ta denotes an abrupt, unexpected occurrence or action, whether a death, attack, collapse, or calamity.

The term marks events or actions that occur abruptly: hostile action without prior enmity, an unexpected death, a breaking wall, calamity, and the sudden rising of opponents.

1. Abrupt occurrence or action · dominant

   The adverbially tagged forms accompany events that arise or happen without warning: in Habakkuk 2:7 the APB renders opponents who “suddenly arise,” and in Proverbs 29:1 and Proverbs 6:15 it renders a person's breaking and calamity as occurring “suddenly.” The noun-tagged forms occur in clauses concerning a push without enmity in Numbers 35:22, a person's unexpected death in Numbers 6:9, and the breaking of a breached wall in Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 29:5 likewise places the term beside an event rendered “suddenly.”

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

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the clause with “suddenly,” as in Habakkuk 2:7, Proverbs 29:1, Proverbs 6:15, and Isaiah 30:13; Isaiah 29:5 uses both “to suddenness” and “suddenly.” These renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent in every verse.