To entwine
חָתַלStrong’s H2853chatal (cha-tal)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chatal is the Hebrew word usually translated “certainly” and “were wrapped”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.”
Meaning
- To entwine, enwrap, be swaddled(Pual) to be swathed, be enwraped · (Hophal) to be swathed, be swaddled
How it's translated
- and certainly 1
- you were wrapped 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
חָתַל chatal · to entwine
1) to entwine, enwrap, be swaddled 1a) (Pual) to be swathed, be enwraped 1b) (Hophal) to be swathed, be swaddled
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “entwine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ENTWINE, verb transitive
[from twine.]
To twine; to twist round.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.