Lexicon / H6363a
פֶּ֫טֶר
pe.ter
  • firstborn
  • that which separates
  • first opens

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: firstborn

firstborn, firstling, that which separates or first opens

Also means: pit.rah (פִּטְרָה "firstborn" H6363B)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: that which separates; first opens

Root √פטר: פָּטַר vb separate remove set free Qal remove escape intrans.oneself, specif. set free trans. Hiph they separated with the lip . i.e. open mouth wide (insultingly).

פֶּ֫טֶר n.[m.] that which separates first opens ,