Lexical Definition

‎פֶּטֶר‎ peṭer (peh'-ter) firstborn ^H:N-M
or פִּטְרָה piṭrâh (pit-raw'); from ‎פָּטַר‎

firstling, openeth, such as open.

• a fissure, i.e. (concretely) firstling (as opening the matrix)

1) firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens

See Greek: διανοίγω · πρωτότοκος

Extended Information

• Also means: pit.rah (‎פ‎ִּ‎ט‎ְ‎ר‎ָ‎ה‎ "firstborn" פֶּטֶר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פֶּ֫טֶר‎ noun [masculine] that which separates, first opens; — construct, ‎רֶחֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎פּ‎ i. e. firstborn, of man and beast, Ezek 20:26; Exod 13:12; Exod 13:15; Exod 34:19; Num 18:15 appositive ‎בְּכוֺר‎ Exod 13:2; Num 3:12 ‎רֶחֶם‎ omitted Exod 13:12; Exod 13:13; Exod 34:19; Exod 34:20.

[‎פִּטְרָה‎] noun feminine id., ‎פִּטְרַת כָּלרֶֿחֶם‎ Num 8:16.

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