פָּתַלpâthal

twist

Pronunciation: paw-thal' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6617

Meanings

Niph`al: I have wrestled, with; Participle (Genesis 30:8; Job 5:13; Proverbs 8:8)

Hithpa`el: with the twisted thou dost deal tortuously (Psalms 18:27; 2 Samuel 22:27)

Same root

נַפְתּוּלnaphtûwl · H5319properly, wrestled; but used (in the plural) transitively, a struggle
נַפְתָּלִיNaphtâlîy · H5321Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
פָּתִילpâthîyl · H6616twine
פְּתַלְתֹּלpᵉthaltôl · H6618tortuous (i.e. crafty)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

Genesis 30:8 Rachel named him Naphtali, for she said, “I have struggled hard with my sister, and I’m winning!”
2 Samuel 22:27 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
Job 5:13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
Psalms 18:26 To the pure you show yourself pure, but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
Proverbs 8:8 My advice is wholesome. There is nothing devious or crooked in it.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).