פָּתַל

«פָּתַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: twist — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 6617 · BDB: פָּתַל

Glosses

I.have.wrestled (1); a.tortuous.[thing] (1); of.tortuous.[ones] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

twist tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. twist tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. twist (NH Pi. and deriv.; Arabic فَتَلَ; Ethiopic ፈተለ:; Aramaic פְּתַל, chiefly deriv., in fig. senses; Syriac ܦܬܰܠ );— Pf. 1 s. נִפְתַּלְתִּי עִם Gn 30:8 I have wrestled (lit. twisted myself) with; Pt. עֲצַת נִפְתָּלִים Jb 5:13 the plan of the tortuous; נִפְתָּל וְעִקֵּשׁ Pr 8:8 anything tortuous and twisted. Impf. 2 ms. עִם־עִקֵּשׁ תִּתְפַּתָּ֑ל ψ 18:27 with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously = 2 S 22:27 (so read for imposs. תִּתַּפָּ֑ל).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «פָּתַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

2 Samuel 22:27

עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃

Word for word: with [one.who].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.[person] you.show.yourself.twisted

JPS 1917: With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

Psalms 18:27

עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃

Word for word: with [one.who].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.[person] you.show.yourself.tortuous

JPS 1917: With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

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