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# פָּטַר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6362

**separate** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

separate [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6362/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פָּטַר: vb. separate, remove [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6362/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. separate, remove, set free (NH depart, set free, Niph. also die; Ph. פטר CIS 102a, 2 depart (die?); Assyrian Paṭâru, split, break through, ipṭiru, ransom, TelAm. escape, set free (perhaps Canaanit.); Arabic فَطَرَ cleave, split, also create; Ethiopic ፈጠረ create, fabricate; Aramaic פְּטַר, ܦܛܰܪ withdraw, depart);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ 2 Ch 23:8; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּפְטַר 1 S 19:10; Pt. act. פּוֹטֵר Pr 17:14; pass. פְּטוּרִים 1 Ch 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים); cstr. פְּטוּרֵי 1 K 6:18, 29, 32, פְּטֻרֵי v 35;— intrans. remove oneself, specif. escape 1 S 19:10 (מִפְּנֵי, cf. Dr). trans. set free from duty 2 Ch 23:8 (acc. pers.), so pass. 1 Ch 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים adj. or Aramaic pt., same meaning); פ׳ מַיִם Pr 17:14 set free, let out; pass. פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים term. techn. of ornament in temple, dub., usually out-spread (garlands) of flowers 1 K 6:18, 29, 32, 35. Impf. 3 ms. יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה ψ 22:8 they separate with the lip, i.e. open mouth wide (insultingly).\*

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[is one who\] lets out (1); he escaped (1); he let go off duty (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 22:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.22.8/#tree)

כָּל־רֹ֭אַי יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י יַפְטִ֥ירוּ בְ֝שָׂפָ֗ה יָנִ֥יעוּ רֹֽאשׁ׃

*Word for word:* all \[those who\].see.me they.mock (to) me they.make.a.separation with a.lip they.shake a.head

*JPS 1917:* All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:

[Proverbs 17:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.17.14/#tree)

פּ֣וֹטֵֽר מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית מָד֑וֹן וְלִפְנֵ֥י הִ֝תְגַּלַּ֗ע הָרִ֥יב נְטֽוֹשׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[is.one.who\].lets.out water \[the\].beginning of.strife and before it.has.broken.out the dispute abandon

*JPS 1917:* The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6362.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6362/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).