פָּתַר pâthar — to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
Translated in the KJV as interpret(-ation, -er).
a primitive root; to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream).
pâthar in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 4Participle (active) 3Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive construct 1
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›