Lexical Definition

‎פָּטַר‎ pâṭar (paw-tar') to separate ^H:V
a primitive root

dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.

• to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)

1) to separate, set free, remove, open, escape, burst through
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to remove (oneself), escape
1a2) to set free, let out

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).

‎פטיר‎ 1Chr 9:33 Kt see ‎פטר‎

2.

‎פִּי‎ see ‎פֶּה‎.

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