פָּתַר pâthar

Meaning

to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)

In the King James Version: interpret(-ation, -er).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 40:8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
• Genesis 40:16 When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.
• Genesis 40:22 But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.
• Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
• Genesis 41:12 Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
• Genesis 41:13 And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
• Genesis 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”