H6617

פָּתַל

pa.talH:V

to twist

1) to twist 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be twisted 1a2) to wrestle 1b) (Hithpael) to be twisted

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[פָּתַל] verb twist (Late Hebrew Pi`el and derivatives; Arabic ; Ethiopic ; Aramaic פְּתַל, chiefly derivatives, in figure senses; Syriac ); —

Niph`al Perfect 1 singular נִפְּתַּלְתִּי עִם Gen 30:8 I have wrestled (literally twisted myself) with; Participle עֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים Job 5:13 the plan of the tortuous; נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ Prov 8:8 anything tortuous and twisted. Hithpa`el Imperfect 2 masculine singular עִםֿ עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְפַּתָּ֑ל Ps 18:27 with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously= 2Sam 22:27 (so read for impossible תִּתַּפָּ֑ל).


3 occurrences

Genesis (1), Job (1), Proverbs (1)