Lexical Definition

‎פָּטִיר‎ pâṭîyr (paw-teer') free ^H:A
from ‎פָּטַר‎

free.

• open, i.e. unoccupied

1) unoccupied, free to work

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פָּטַר‎ verb separate, remove, set free (Late Hebrew depart, set free, Niph`al also die; Phoenician ‎פטר‎ CIS^{102 a, 2} depart (die ?); Assyrian pa‰âru, split, break through, ip‰iru, ransom, Tel Amarna escape, set free (perhaps Canaanite); Arabic cleave, split, also create; Ethiopic create, fabricate; Aramaic ‎פְּטַר‎, withdraw, depart); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎פ‎ 2Chr 23:8 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיִּפְטַר‎ 1Sam 19:10 Participle active ‎פּוֺטֵר‎ Prov 17:14 passive ‎פִּטוּרִים‎ 1Chr 9:33 Qr (Kt ‎פטירים‎); construct ‎פְּטוּרֵי‎ 1Kgs 6:18; 1Kgs 6:29; 1Kgs 6:32, ‎פְּטֻרֵי‎ v1Kgs 6:35 —

1. intransitive remove oneself, specifically escape 1Sam 19:10 (‎מִפְּנֵי‎, compare Dr).

2. transitive set free from duty 2Chr 23:8 (accusative of person), so passive 1Chr 9:33 Qr (Kt ‎פטירים‎ adjective or Aramaic participle, same meaning); ‎יִם‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Prov 17:14 set free, let out; passive ‎פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים‎ technical term of ornament in temple, dubious, usually out-spread (garlands) of flowers 1Kgs 6:18; 1Kgs 6:29; 1Kgs 6:32; 1Kgs 6:35. Hiph`il **compare in Syriac PS³⁰⁹³. Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה‎ Ps 22:8* they separate with the lip, i. e. open mouth wide (insultingly).

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