פֶּטֶרpeṭer

Meanings

Same root

• פָּטַרpâṭar · H6362to cleave or burst through, i.e. (causatively) to emit, whether literal or figurative (gape)

Where it appears

Appears 12 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 13:2 “Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”
• Exodus 13:12 you must present all firstborn sons and firstborn male animals to the Lord, for they belong to him.
• Exodus 13:13 A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the Lord by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son.
• Exodus 13:15 Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the Lord killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the Lord—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.’
• Exodus 34:19 “The firstborn of every animal belongs to me, including the firstborn males from your herds of cattle and your flocks of sheep and goats.
• Exodus 34:20 A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the Lord by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son. “No one may appear before me without an offering.