פְּטַר ch. same , to free, dismiss, let go; to divorce. Targ. Gen. XLIII, 14. Targ. Y. Num. V, 2, sq. Targ. O. Deut. XXIV, 1; a. fr.—Bekh. 4ᵃ אינהו פַּטְרֵי אדם אדם פטר בהמה בהמה פטרי they (the Levites) released (the firstborn Israelites) by substituting man for man, but the firstborn beasts were redeemed through their beasts.—V. פַּטִּיר.
Pa. - פַּטֵּר same, esp. to divorce. Targ. Koh. VII, 26 יְפַטֵּיר (ed. Vien. יַפְטִיר Af.).—Gitt. 85ᵇ היך פלני … פַּטַּר ותריך וכי (or פְּטַר) how N. N. divorced and sent away N. N. his wife &c.
Af. - אַפְטַר 1) to dismiss. Targ. Koh. l. c., v. supra.—Num. R. s. 12 דיהוון מַפְטִירִין טלייא וכ׳ that they should dismiss the school children at the fourth hour of the day (during the summer heat); Lam. R. to I, 3 מפטרין רב טלאי (corr. acc.). —2) to deliver a funeral address. Y. Ber. II, 5ᶜ top על׳ … וא׳ עילוי וכ׳ R. Z. came in, and spoke of him (as follows) &c. Ib.ᵇ bot. ואיפטר (corr. acc.). Koh. R. to V, 11 עול ואַפְטוֹר עלוי go and deliver the address over him. Ib. א׳ עלוי הדין פסוקא he started his address with this verse &c.; a. fr. —3) to take leave. Tanḥ. B’resh. 13 אַפְטְרוּ מיניה באורתא they took leave of him in the evening; בצפרא אתו וקא מַפְטְרֵי מיניה in the morning they came and again took leave of him; מי לא אַפְטְרִיתוּ קמאי מאתמול did you not take leave of me last night? Erub. 64ᵃ (Ms. M. מִיפַּטְרֵי Ithpe.) were taking leave of one another; a. fr. —4) to read the Hafṭarah. Meg. 31ᵇ מאי מַפְטִירִינָן what do we read as Hafṭarah?; ib.ᵃ אַפְטוּרֵי מאי מפטירינן (not מפטירין). Ib. 30ᵇ קרו ומַפְטְרֵי (not קרא) they read from the Law and recited the Hafṭarah; a. fr.—Ber. 53ᵇ מפטרייהו, v. מִפְטָרָא.