{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6617",
  "lemma": "פָּתַל",
  "transliteration": "pâthal",
  "definition": "to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous",
  "kjv": "(shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[פָּתַל] vb. twist",
    "Niph. I have wrestled (lit. twisted myself) with; the plan of the tortuous; anything tortuous and twisted",
    "Hithp. with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 30:8",
      "text": "Rachel said, “I have wrestled with my sister with mighty wrestlings, and have prevailed.” She named him Naphtali.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/30?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:27",
      "text": "With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 18:27",
      "text": "With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:8",
      "text": "All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 5:13",
      "text": "He takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/5?v=13"
    }
  ],
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