פָּתַל H6617
- Home gloss
- twist; be twisted, twist with (niphal)
- Instead of (KJV / RSV)
- wrestle
- Note
- To twist (Ps 18:27; Prov 8:8); its noun פָּתִיל "cord" (38:18). "Wrestle" is kept for אָבַק (32:25). See the note at 30:8
- Rulings
- 2, 25
- Declared to share English with
- H5319 — one root: twist / twistings (129a)
Occurrences (1)
Genesis 30
- 30:8 And Rachel said, "Twistings of elohim I have twisted with my sister; also I have been able." And she called his name Naphtali.