2 Chronicles 23:8:182 Chr.23.8.W18TAB

פָטַ֛ר

patar

he dismissed

Transliteration
pa-TAR
Extended
pah-TAHR
IPA
/faˈtˤar/

Meaning by language

English
he dismissed

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
פָ + טַ֛ר
pa + tar
patar

Alphabet Analysis

Pep with dagesh; f without
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    pa-TAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI LO pa-TAR

  3. clause

    KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT

  4. sentence

    va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT

Exegesis

The phrase kî lō pāṭar {כִּי לֹא פָטַר | kî lō pāṭar} ‘for he did not release’ with 'et ha-maḥləqōṯ {אֶת־הַמַּחְלְקוֹת | 'et ha-maḥləqōṯ} ‘the divisions’ underscores that no shift was excused.

Root and etymology

p-t-rpe–tet–resh

to release, dismiss

In context2 Chronicles 23:8

The Levites and all Judah carried out everything Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each man took his men—those scheduled to come on the Sabbath together with those scheduled to go out on the Sabbath—because Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions .

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 23:8:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 23:8, so the Hebrew word פָטַ֛ר (patar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Chr.23.8.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.8.W18.S1) and character.