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title: פֶּטֶר — that which separates · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֶּטֶר (6363), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: that which separates. BDB 1906: that which separates, first opens. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֶּטֶר

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«פֶּטֶר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which separates** — 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:** 11 times · **Key:** 6363 · **BDB:** פֶּ֫טֶר

### Glosses

firstborn (8); \[the\].firstborn (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which separates [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

that which separates, first opens [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] that which separates, first opens;—cstr., פּ׳ רֶחֶם i.e. firstborn, of man and beast, Ez 20:26; Ex 13:12, 15; 34:19; Nu 18:15; appos. בְּכוֹר Ex 13:2 Nu 3:12; רֶחֶם om. Ex 13:12, 13; 34:19, 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֶּטֶר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6363/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 34:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.34.19/)

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כָּל־פֶּ֥טֶר רֶ֖חֶם לִ֑י וְכָֽל־מִקְנְךָ֙ תִּזָּכָ֔ר פֶּ֖טֶר שׁ֥וֹר וָשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* every firstborn of.a.womb \[belongs\].to me and all livestock your it.will.be.remembered \[the\].firstborn of.an.ox and a.sheep

*JPS 1917:* All that openeth the womb is Mine; and of all thy cattle thou shalt sanctify the males, the firstlings of ox and sheep.

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[Exodus 13:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.12/)

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וְהַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ כָל־פֶּֽטֶר־רֶ֖חֶם לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וְכָל־פֶּ֣טֶר ׀ שֶׁ֣גֶר בְּהֵמָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִהְיֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ הַזְּכָרִ֖ים לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.dedicate every firstborn of.a.womb to Yahweh and every firstborn of.\[the\].young of.cattle which it.will.belong to you the males \[will belong\].to.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb; every firstling that is a male, which thou hast coming of a beast, shall be the LORD'S.

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