Lexical Summary Naphtali: a son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by them Original Word: נַפְתָּלִיTransliteration: Naphtali Phonetic Spelling: (naf-taw-lee') Part of Speech: proper name, masculine and of a tribe Short Definition: a son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by them Meaning: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them Strong's Concordance Naphtali From pathal; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Naphtali. see HEBREW pathal Brown-Driver-Briggs H5321. Naphtali נַפְתָּלִי proper name, masculine and of a tribe Naphtali, Νεφθαλει (μ), etc. (interpreted as my wrestling Genesis 30:8; perhaps originally crafty, cunning one); — 1 second son of Jacob and Bilhah Genesis 30:8 (J), 35:25; 46:24 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:2, compare Genesis 49:21 (poem). 2 as a tribe of Israel: a. Judges 1:33; 4:10; 5:18; Deuteronomy 33:23 (twice in verse) +; so (Hexateuch, only P) נ ׳בְּנֵי Judges 4:6; Numbers 1:42 6t., נ ׳מַטֵּה 2:29; 1 Kings 7:14 5t., נ בְּנֵי ׳מַטֵּה Numbers 10:27; 34:28; Joshua 19:39; נ ׳שַׁעַר Ezekiel 48:34 (in new Jerusalem); נ ׳אֶרֶץ 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29, compare Isaiah 8:23; נ ׳קֶדֶשׁ Judges 4:6; נ ׳הַר Joshua 20:7; נ ׳גְּבוּל Ezekiel 48:4, נ ׳יָ֫מָּה 48:3; נ ׳עָרֵי2 Chronicles 16:4. b. as territorial name Deuteronomy 34:2 (JE) 1 Kings 4:15; 1 Chronicles 12:41 (van d. H. v.1 Chronicles 12:40), 2 Chronicles 34:6; Judges 6:35; 7:23 might be a or b. |
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