פָּתַר (b. h.; cmp. פָּשׁר) [to divide, spread,] to solve; to interpret. Ber. 55ᵇ כ"ר פּוֹתְרֵי חלומות וכ׳ twenty-four interpreters of dreams existed in Jerusalem, ומה שפ׳ לי זה לא פ׳ וכ׳ and not two of them interpreted my dream alike. Pesik. Par., p. 33ᵃ פ׳ קרא בפרשת פרה explained the verse (Ps. XII, 7) as referring to the lesson concerning the red cow; Num. R. s. 19; a. fr.
Nif. - נִפְתַּר to be interpreted, solved. Ber. l. c. חלום שנ׳ וכ׳ a dream which was interpreted in a dream. Y. Shek. IV, 48ᵇ תִּיפָּתֵר שפודין וכ׳ it may be explained that they redeem unblemished sacrifices, and when afterwards they are blemished, (the money paid for them is secularized). Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵃ bot. תיפתר כר׳ וכ׳ the difficulty may be solved in agreement with R. Ishmael’s opinion; a. fr.