Original Word: פָטַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: patar
Pronunciation: pah-TAR
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-tar')
KJV: dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away
NASB: open, dismiss, free, letting, separate, slipped away
Word Origin: [a primitive root]

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

dismiss, free, let shoot out, slip away

A primitive root; to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape) -- dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to separate, remove, set free
NASB Translation
dismiss (1), free (1), letting (1), open (4), separate (1), slipped away (1).

מָּטַר verb separate, remove, set free (Late Hebrew depart, set free, Niph`al also die; Phoenician פטר CIS^{102a, 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 מְּטַר, withdraw, depart); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ2Chronicles 23:8; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְטַר 1 Samuel 19:10; Participle active מּוֺטֵר Proverbs 17:14; passive מִּטוּרִים 1 Chronicles 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים); construct מְּטוּרֵי 1 Kings 6:18,29,32, מְּטֻרֵי 1 Kings 6:35; —

1 intransitive remove oneself, specifically escape 1 Samuel 19:10 (מִמְּנֵי, compare Dr).

2 transitive set free from duty 2 Chronicles 23:8 (accusative of person), so passive 1 Chronicles 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים adjective or Aramaic participle, same meaning); יִם ׳פ Proverbs 17:14 set free, let out; passive מְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים technical term of ornament in temple, dubious, usually out-spread (garlands) of flowers 1 Kings 6:18,29,32,35.

Hiph`il **compare in Syriac PS³⁰⁹³. Imperfect3masculine singular יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה Psalm 22:8 they separate with the lip, i. e. open mouth wide (insultingly).

פטיר 1 Chronicles 9:33 Kt see פטר 2

מִּי see מֶּה.

וַיִּפְטַר֙ ויפטר יַפְטִ֥ירוּ יפטירו פָטַ֛ר פּ֣וֹטֵֽר פוטר פטר faTar p̄ā·ṭar p̄āṭar pō·w·ṭêr Poter pōwṭêr vaiyifTar way·yip̄·ṭar wayyip̄ṭar yafTiru yap̄·ṭî·rū yap̄ṭîrūInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts