38:18 , 25 ( J ), נְעֹרֶת פ׳ Ju 16:9 ( sim. ), פ׳ פִּשְׁתִּים Ez 40:3 (as measuring line); פ׳ תְּכֵלֶת , for fastening, Ex 28:28 , 37 ; 39:21 , 31 Nu 15:3 8, cf. פָּתִיל

alone 19:15 (perhaps gloss, v. D i); threads (of gold) in ephold Ex 39:3 (all P ).

• פְּתַלְתֹּל S 6618 TWOT 1857b GK 7350 adj. tortuous ;— דֹּור עִקֵּשׁ וּפ׳

Dt 32:5 .

• [ נַפְתּוּלִים S 5319 TWOT 1857c GK 5887 ] n. [ m. ] pl. wrestlings ( cf. √ Niph. Pf. ;— cstr. נַפְתּוּלֵי א׳ Gn 30:8 wrestlings of God , i.e. mighty wrestlings.

נַפְתָּלִי S 5321 GK 5889 n.pr.m. et trib. Naphtali , Νεφθαλει(µ) , etc. ( ^interpr. as my wrestling Gn 30: 8; perhaps orig. crafty, cunning one ) ;— 1. second son of Jacob and Bilhah Gn 30:8 ( J ), 35:25 ; 46:24 ( P ), 1 Ch 2:2 , cf. Gn 49:21 (poem). 2. as a tribe of Isr.: a. Ju 1:3 3; 4:10 ; 5:18 Dt 33:23 ^(×2) +; so (He x, only P ) בְּנֵי נ׳ Ju 4:6 Nu 1:42 + 6 times, מַטֵּה נ׳ Nu 2:29 1 K 7:14 + 5 times, מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ׳ Nu 10:2 7; 34:28 Jos 19:3 9; שַׁעַר נ׳ Ez 48:34 (in new Jerus. ); אֶרֶץ נ׳ 1 K 15:20 2 K 15:2 9, cf. Is 8:2 3; קֶדֶשׁ נ׳ Ju 4: 6; הַר נ׳ Jos 20: 7; גְּבוּל נ׳ Ez 48:4 , יָ˜מָּה נ׳ v 3; עָרֵי נ׳ 2 Ch 16: 4. b. as territorial name Dt 34:2 (JE) 1 K 4:15 1 Ch 12:41 ( van d. H. v 4 0), 2 Ch 34:6 ; Ju 6:35 ; 7:23 might be a or b .

• פִּתֹם S 6619 GK 7351 n.pr.loc. Pithom , Π(ε)ιθω , A Πιθωµ ( Egyptian Patum, Per-Atum , house of (god) Atum ) one of the עָרֵי מִסְכְּנֹות built by Isr. for Pharaoh Ex 1:11 ; identif. by Naville with Tel el-Maskhûta , near E. end of Wady Tumilat, Naville Pithom, 1885 D i -Ry ^{ad loc.} Di SBA k, 1885, 889 ff. Bäd ^Eg. (4), 159 .

פתן TWOT 1858 ( ^√ of foll.; meaning dub. ; Hilpr Bab. Exped. Univ. Pennsylv. ix (1898), 53 , cp. Assyrian patânu , ‘ protect ,’ whence two foll., ‘serpent’ as protector , and ‘threshold’ as

asylum; plausible, but exact meaning of patânu still uncertain ) .

Ry V. Ryssel. SBAk Sitzungsbericht d. Berl. Akademie der Wissenschaften . Bäd Bädekers Egypt;

Hilpr H. V. Hilprecht.

Bab. Babylonian. cp. compare.