פָּטוּר (pāṭûr) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning separate. It appears
4 times
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6358).
Also rendered
to open
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1764)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1764)separate, remove, set free; escape; they separated with the lip; opened, a bud, unoccupied, cleave, burst through, emit; free, dismiss, let out, slip away
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
פָּטַרverb: separate, remove, set free
Qal
1.remove, specifically escape
2.transitive set free
Hiphilthey separated with the lip, i.e. open mouth wide (insultingly).
Strong's H6358פָּטוּר: opened, i.e. (as noun) a bud KJV:open.
Strong's H6359פָּטִיר: open, i.e. unoccupied KJV:free.
Strong's H6362פָּטַר: to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape) KJV:dismiss, free, let (shoot) out, slip away.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.