*עִרְכֵּל (cmp. ערקל) to curve, twist.
Hithpa. - הִתְעַרְכֵּל to be entangled, caught. Gen. R. s. 31 היה בא ליכנס … מִתְעַרְכְּלוֹת when one (of the giants) attempted to enter the ark, his feet became entangled (in the mud of the deep); [Matt. K. following ‘Rashi’; were scalded in the hot water of the flood, v. זְרִיבָה, taking ערכל as Parel of עֲכַל]; (Yalk. Gen. 55 מתערסלות, Ar. s. v. ערסל: מתערסלות במים, v. עִרְסֵל; Yalk. Job 913 מתערטלות, v. עִרְטֵל).