HebrewH6622Verb

פָּתַר

pa.tar

7Occurrences
H6622Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to interpret (dreams) Aramaic equivalent: pe.shar (*פְּשַׁר *"to interpret" H6590)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

פָּתַר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
7

Key Passages

Genesis 40:8BSB

“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.”Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

Genesis 40:16BSB

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

Genesis 40:22BSB

But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

Genesis 41:8BSB

In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

Genesis 41:12BSB

Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

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