Lexicon pathal: to twist Original Word: פָּתַלPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pathal Phonetic Spelling: (paw-thal') Short Definition: astute NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto twist NASB Translationcrooked (1), cunning (1), show yourself astute (2), wrestled (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ מָּתַל] verb twist (Late Hebrew Pi`el and derivatives; Arabic  ; Ethiopic  ; Aramaic מְּתַל, chiefly derivatives, in figure senses; Syriac  ); — Niph`al Perfect1singular נִמְּתַּלְתִּי עִם Genesis 30:8 I have wrestled (literally twisted myself) with; Participle עֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים Job 5:13 the plan of the tortuous; נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ Proverbs 8:8 anything tortuous and twisted. Hithpa`el Imperfect2masculine singular עִםֿ עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְמַּתָּ֑ל Psalm 18:27 with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously = 2 Samuel 22:27 (so read for impossible תִּתַּמָּ֑ל).
Strong's show self froward, show self unsavoury, wrestle A primitive root; to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous -- (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle. |
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