פָּתַר
pa.tar
“to interpret”
Definition
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
a primitive root;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
פָּתַר appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“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.”
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.
But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
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.
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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