פָּטַר
pâṭar · paw-tar'
to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › to surround and contain › the head, the highest
To speak, the word that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּטַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and open4 · 57%
- but he slipped away1 · 14%
- were free1 · 14%
- is as when one letteth out1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.