Word

פָּתַר

pâthar · H6622 · Hebrew · 9 occurrences

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Meanings

to interpret

Action by which humans explain the meaning of a dream or vision

Examples
Genesis 40:8 And they said to him, “We have had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please.”
Genesis 40:16 When the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, he said to Joseph, “I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head;
Genesis 40:22 but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 4
Not stated (participle) 3
יוֹסֵףJoseph 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 3 groups

וֹhim 3
חֲלוֹםdream 1
הֶםthem 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 4 groups

לto/for+ נוּus 2
כlike/as+ חֲלוֹםdream 1
לto/for+ פַּרְעֹהPharaoh 1
לto/for+ הֶםthem 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

רָאָהto see 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 1 groups

אַיִןthere is no, not 3

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

כlike/as 2
לto/for 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Know002004002007: פָּתַר means to interpret, as of Joseph interpreting the dreams of the cupbearer and baker in Genesis 40:8, 40:16, and 40:22, and Pharaoh's fruitless search for one who could interpret his dreams in Genesis 41:8.

Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פָּתַרpâthar · H6622פְּשַׁר pᵉshar · H6591 · interpretation · 31×צְבָא tsᵉbâʼ · H6634 · will, would · 10×פִּתְרוֹן pithrôwn · H6623 · interpretation · 5×פְּשַׁר pᵉshar · H6590 · make, interpreting · 2×פֵּשֶׁר pêsher · H6592 · meaning, interpretation · 1×צְבוּ tsᵉbûw · H6640 · purpose · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6622. pathar מָּתַר verb interpret (dream), only Genesis 40:41 (Late Hebrew id.,…

H6622. pathar
מָּתַר verb interpret (dream), only Genesis 40:41 (Late Hebrew id., Jewish-Aramaic מְּתַר; apparently = Aramaic מְּשַׁר, , dissolve, figurative solve, interpret, compare מֵּשֶׁר); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular מָּתַר, with ל person Gen 40:22; Gen 41:13; absolute מָּתָ֑ר Gen 40:16; Gen 41:12; with accusative of thing: Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְתָּרלָֿנוּ Gen 41:12; Infinitive construct לִפְתֹּר Gen 41:15; Participle active מֹּתֵר Gen 40:8; Gen 41:15, ׳מּוֺ Gen 41:8.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0