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title: פטר — separate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פטר (6358), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: separate. BDB 1906: vb. separate, remove. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פטר

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«פטר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **separate** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 6358 · **BDB:** פָּטַר

### Glosses

spread.out.\[things\] (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

separate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6358/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. separate, remove [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6358/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. separate, remove, set free (NH depart, set free, Niph. also die; Ph. פטר CIS 102a, 2 depart (die?); Assyrian Paṭâru, split, break through, ipṭiru, ransom, TelAm. escape, set free (perhaps Canaanit.); Arabic فَطَرَ cleave, split, also create; Ethiopic ፈጠረ create, fabricate; Aramaic פְּטַר, ܦܛܰܪ withdraw, depart);— Pf. 3 ms. פ׳ 2 Ch 23:8; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּפְטַר 1 S 19:10; Pt. act. פּוֹטֵר Pr 17:14; pass. פְּטוּרִים 1 Ch 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים); cstr. פְּטוּרֵי 1 K 6:18, 29, 32, פְּטֻרֵי v 35;— intrans. remove oneself, specif. escape 1 S 19:10 (מִפְּנֵי, cf. Dr). trans. set free from duty 2 Ch 23:8 (acc. pers.), so pass. 1 Ch 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים adj. or Aramaic pt., same meaning); פ׳ מַיִם Pr 17:14 set free, let out; pass. פְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים term. techn. of ornament in temple, dub., usually out-spread (garlands) of flowers 1 K 6:18, 29, 32, 35. Impf. 3 ms. יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה ψ 22:8 they separate with the lip, i.e. open mouth wide (insultingly).\*

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פטר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6358/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 6:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.35/)

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וְקָלַ֤ע כְּרוּבִים֙ וְתִ֣מֹר֔וֹת וּפְטֻרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים וְצִפָּ֣ה זָהָ֔ב מְיֻשָּׁ֖ר עַל־הַמְּחֻקֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.carved cherubim and palm.trees and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms and he.overlaid gold made.smooth on the.carved \[work\]

*JPS 1917:* And he carved thereon cherubim and palm-trees and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work.

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[1 Kings 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.6.18/)

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וְאֶ֤רֶז אֶל־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ פְּנִ֔ימָה מִקְלַ֣עַת פְּקָעִ֔ים וּפְטוּרֵ֖י צִצִּ֑ים הַכֹּ֣ל אֶ֔רֶז אֵ֥ין אֶ֖בֶן נִרְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and cedar to the house within \[was\].carving of.gourds and spread.out.\[things\] of.blossoms (the) everything \[was\].cedar there.\[was\].not stone visible

*JPS 1917:* And the cedar on the house within was carved with knops and open flowers; all was cedar; there was no stone seen.

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