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title: פָּתַר — interpret · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּתַר (6622), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: interpret. BDB 1906: vb. interpret. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּתַר

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«פָּתַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **interpret** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 6622 · **BDB:** פָּתַר

### Glosses

he.interpreted (3); \[one.who\].interprets (2); he.had.interpreted (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

interpret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6622/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. interpret [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6622/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. interpret (dream), only Gn 40, 41 (NH id., J.Aram. פְּתַר; appar. =Aramaic פְּשַׁר, ܦܫܰܪ, dissolve, fig. solve, interpret, cf. פֵּשֶׁר);— Pf. 3 ms. פָּתַר, c. ל pers. Gn 40:22; 41:13; abs. פָּתָ֑ר 40:16; 41:12; c. acc. rei: Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּפְתָּר־לָנוּ 41:12; Inf. cstr. לִפְתֹּר 41:15; Pt. act. פֹּתֵר 40:8; 41:15, פּוֹי 41:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פָּתַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6622/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 40:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.40.22/)

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וְאֵ֛ת שַׂ֥ר הָאֹפִ֖ים תָּלָ֑ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּתַ֛ר לָהֶ֖ם יוֹסֵֽף׃

*Word for word:* and (et) the.chief of the.bakers he.hanged just as he.had.interpreted for them Joseph

*JPS 1917:* But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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[Genesis 41:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.13/)

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וַיְהִ֛י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר פָּֽתַר־לָ֖נוּ כֵּ֣ן הָיָ֑ה אֹתִ֛י הֵשִׁ֥יב עַל־כַּנִּ֖י וְאֹת֥וֹ תָלָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was just as he.interpreted for us so it.was me he.restored to office my and him he.hanged

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was: I was restored unto mine office, and he was hanged.'

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