Lexical Definition

‎פָּתַל‎ pâthal (paw-thal') to twist ^H:V
a primitive root

(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.

• to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous

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

See Greek: διαστρέφω · σκολιός · στρεβλόω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎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).

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