הפטיר

Hebrew
Root
פ־ט־ר‎ (p-ṭ-r)

Etymology

From the root פ־ט־ר‎. Compare Arabic فطر‎ (“to split open”).

Verb

הִפְטִיר • (hiftír) third-singular masculine past (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הופטר / הֻפְטַר‎)

  1. to let slip
  2. (law) to exempt
  3. (Mishnaic Hebrew) to end with an addition
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Pesachim 10:8:
      ‏אין מפטירין לאחר הפסח אפיקומון.‎‎
      [We] do not conclude after [eating] the sacrificial lamb with an afikomon.
  1. (Judaism) to read the Haftarah

Conjugation

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