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It is used in the Bible to describe the act of providing understanding or clarity to something that is otherwise obscure or mysterious.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, dreams were often considered significant and were believed to be messages from the divine realm. The ability to interpret dreams was highly valued and often associated with wisdom and divine insight. In the biblical context, interpreters of dreams were seen as mediators who could reveal God's will or future events. This practice was common in the courts of kings and among wise men and magicians of the time.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to separate, remove, set free<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dismiss (1), free (1), letting (1), open (4), separate (1), slipped away (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מָּטַר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>separate, remove, set free</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>depart, set free</em>, Niph`al also <em>die</em>; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">פטר</font> CIS<sup>102a, 2</sup> <em>depart (die ?)</em>; Assyrian <i><em>pa‰âru</em></i>, <em>split</em>, <em>break through</em>, <i><em>ip‰iru</em></i>, <em>ransom</em>, Tel Amarna <em>escape, set free</em> (perhaps Canaanite); Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb080912.gif"> <em>cleave, split</em>, also <em>create</em>; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb080913.gif"> <em>create, fabricate</em>; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">מְּטַר</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb080914.gif"> <em>withdraw, depart)</em>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">פ</font>2Chronicles 23:8; <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">וַיִּפְטַר</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19-10.htm">1 Samuel 19:10</a>; <em>Participle active</em> <font class="hebrew2">מּוֺטֵר</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-14.htm">Proverbs 17:14</a>; <em>passive</em> <font class="hebrew2">מִּטוּרִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a> Qr (Kt <font class="hebrew2">פטירים</font>); construct <font class="hebrew2">מְּטוּרֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6-18.htm">1 Kings 6:18</a>,29,32, <font class="hebrew2">מְּטֻרֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6-35.htm">1 Kings 6:35</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> intransitive <em>remove</em> oneself, specifically <em>escape</em> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19-10.htm">1 Samuel 19:10</a> (<font class="hebrew2">מִמְּנֵי</font>, compare Dr). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> transitive <em>set free</em> from duty 2 Chronicles 23:8 (accusative of person), so passive <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a> Qr (Kt <font class="hebrew2">פטירים</font> adjective or Aramaic participle, same meaning); <font class="hebrew2">יִם</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">פ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-14.htm">Proverbs 17:14</a> <em>set free, let out</em>; passive <font class="hebrew2">מְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים</font> technical term of ornament in temple, dubious, usually <em>out-spread</em> (garlands) <em>of flowers</em> <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/6-18.htm">1 Kings 6:18</a>,29,32,35. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <font size="+1">**</font>compare in Syriac PS<sup>3093</sup>. <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-8.htm">Psalm 22:8</a> <em>they separate with the lip</em>, i. e. open mouth wide (insultingly). <p> <font class="hebrew2">פטיר</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/9-33.htm">1 Chronicles 9:33</a> Kt see <font class="hebrew2">פטר</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <p><font class="hebrew2">מִּי</font> see <font class="hebrew2">מֶּה</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dismiss, free, let shoot out, slip away <p>A primitive root; to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape) -- dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַיִּפְטַר֙ ויפטר יַפְטִ֥ירוּ יפטירו פָטַ֛ר פּ֣וֹטֵֽר פוטר פטר faTar p̄ā·ṭar p̄āṭar pō·w·ṭêr Poter pōwṭêr vaiyifTar way·yip̄·ṭar wayyip̄ṭar yafTiru yap̄·ṭî·rū yap̄ṭîrū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/19-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 19:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּדָוִ֣ד וּבַקִּ֔יר <b> וַיִּפְטַר֙ </b> מִפְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the spear, <span class="itali">but he slipped away</span> out of Saul's<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with the javelin; <span class="itali">but he slipped away</span> out of Saul's<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/19-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> David to the wall <span class="itali">slipped</span> presence of Saul's<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/23-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 23:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּ֣י לֹ֥א <b> פָטַ֛ר </b> יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵ֖ן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the priest <span class="itali">did not dismiss</span> [any of] the divisions.<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/23-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for did not <span class="itali">dismiss</span> Jehoiada the priest<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 22:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/22.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יַלְעִ֣גוּ לִ֑י <b> יַפְטִ֥ירוּ </b> בְ֝שָׂפָ֗ה יָנִ֥יעוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/22.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> me sneer <span class="itali">at me; They separate</span> with the lip,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> see sneer <span class="itali">separate</span> the lip wag<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/17-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 17:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> פּ֣וֹטֵֽר </b> מַ֭יִם רֵאשִׁ֣ית</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/17.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of strife <span class="itali">is [like] letting</span> out water,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/17.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of strife <span class="itali">[is as] when one letteth out</span> water:<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/17-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">is letting</span> water the beginning<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6362.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6362.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6362<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/fatar_6362.htm">p̄ā·ṭar — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/poter_6362.htm">pō·w·ṭêr — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyiftar_6362.htm">way·yip̄·ṭar — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yaftiru_6362.htm">yap̄·ṭî·rū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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