פֶּטֶר (piṭrâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning that which separates. It appears 12 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6363).

Also rendered

• fissure
• firstborn

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1764b)

Root family 1764: פָּטַר pāṭar — set free, remove, open, escape

• פָּטַר pāṭar — separate
• פָּטוּר pāṭûr — separate
• פָּטִיר pāṭîr — separate

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