מָּטַר verb separate, remove, set free (Late Hebrew depart, set free, Niph`al also die; Phoenician פטר CIS^{102a, 2} depart (die ?); Assyrian pa‰âru, split, break through, ip‰iru, ransom, Tel Amarna escape, set free (perhaps Canaanite); Arabic cleave, split, also create; Ethiopic create, fabricate; Aramaic מְּטַר, withdraw, depart); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳פ2Chronicles 23:8; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּפְטַר 1 Samuel 19:10; Participle active מּוֺטֵר Proverbs 17:14; passive מִּטוּרִים 1 Chronicles 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים); construct מְּטוּרֵי 1 Kings 6:18,29,32, מְּטֻרֵי 1 Kings 6:35; —

1 intransitive remove oneself, specifically escape 1 Samuel 19:10 (מִמְּנֵי, compare Dr).

2 transitive set free from duty 2 Chronicles 23:8 (accusative of person), so passive 1 Chronicles 9:33 Qr (Kt פטירים adjective or Aramaic participle, same meaning); יִם ׳פ Proverbs 17:14 set free, let out; passive מְּטוּרֵי צִצִּים technical term of ornament in temple, dubious, usually out-spread (garlands) of flowers 1 Kings 6:18,29,32,35.

Hiph`il **compare in Syriac PS³⁰⁹³. Imperfect3masculine singular יַפְטִירוּ בְשָׂפָה Psalm 22:8 they separate with the lip, i. e. open mouth wide (insultingly).

פטיר 1 Chronicles 9:33 Kt see פטר 2

מִּי see מֶּה.

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