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title: פְּתַלְתֹּל — tortuous · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פְּתַלְתֹּל (6618), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: tortuous. BDB 1906: adj. tortuous. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פְּתַלְתֹּל

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«פְּתַלְתֹּל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tortuous** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6618 · **BDB:** פְּתַלְתֹּל

### Glosses

crooked (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tortuous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6618/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. tortuous [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6618/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. tortuous;—דּוֹר עִקֵּשׁ וּפ׳ Dt 32:5.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פְּתַלְתֹּל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6618/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.5/)

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שִׁחֵ֥ת ל֛וֹ לֹ֖א בָּנָ֣יו מוּמָ֑ם דּ֥וֹר עִקֵּ֖שׁ וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל׃

*Word for word:* it.has.acted.corruptly to him not children his blemish their a.generation perverse and crooked

*JPS 1917:* Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.

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