(פָּתַיל, peathil', from being twisted), the blue cord with which the high- priest's breastplate was attached to the ephod (Exodus 28:28; Exodus 28:37; Exodus 39:21; Exodus 39:31; rendered "riband" Numbers 15:38); spoken of gold ' wire" (Exodus 39:3), the chain for attaching a cover to its vessel (" bound," Numbers 19:15); a strong "thread" of tow (Judges 16:9), or measuring-" lisne" of flax (Ezekiel 40:3); also of the string by which the signet-ring was suspended in the bosom (" bracelet," Genesis 38:18); finally (κλῶσμα, a spun thread, like pathil above, for which it stands in Numbers 15:36), a cord (Sirach 6:30).