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
Alphabet Analysis
| Pe | p with dagesh; f without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tet | t — emphatic | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
pa-TAR
- phraseyour reading level
KI LO pa-TAR
- clause
KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
- 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 context — 2 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.