[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Hebrew](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/) / [פ](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/biblical-hebrew/pe/)‎ / פֶּטֶר‎

# פֶּטֶר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6363

**that which separates** — used 11 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

that which separates [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

פֶּ֫טֶר: that which separates, first opens [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which separates, first opens;—cstr., פּ׳ רֶחֶם i.e. firstborn, of man and beast, Ez 20:26; Ex 13:12, 15; 34:19; Nu 18:15; appos. בְּכוֹר Ex 13:2 Nu 3:12; רֶחֶם om. Ex 13:12, 13; 34:19, 20.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: firstborn (8); \[the\] firstborn (3).

## In the verses

[Exodus 34:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.19/#tree)

כָּל־פֶּ֥טֶר רֶ֖חֶם לִ֑י וְכָֽל־מִקְנְךָ֙ תִּזָּכָ֔ר פֶּ֖טֶר שׁ֥וֹר וָשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* every firstborn of.a.womb \[belongs\].to me and all livestock your it.will.be.remembered \[the\].firstborn of.an.ox and a.sheep

*JPS 1917:* All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep.

[Exodus 13:12](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.12/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.12/#tree)

וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ כָל־פֶּֽטֶר־רֶ֖חֶם לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וְכָל־פֶּ֣טֶר ׀ שֶׁ֣גֶר בְּהֵמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ הַזְּכָרִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.dedicate every firstborn of.a.womb to Yahweh and every firstborn of.\[the\].young of.cattle which it.will.belong to you the males \[will belong\].to.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6363.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/): 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).