פָּתַל (pātal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning twist. It appears
5 times
in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6617).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1857)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1857)twist; with, the plan of the tortuous, tortuous and twisted; twine, struggle, tortuous; froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
פָּתַלverb: twist
Niphalthe plan of the tortuous; anything tortuous and twisted
Strong's H6617פָּתַל: to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous KJV:(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.