Lexical Definition

‎נַפְתָּלִי‎ Naphtâlîy (naf-taw-lee') Naphtali ^N:N-M-P
from ‎פָּתַל‎; my wrestling

Naphtali.

• § Naphtali = "wrestling"
• Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory

n pr m
1) the 5th son of Jacob and the 2nd by Bilhah the handmaid of Rachel
2) the tribe descended from Naphtali the son of Jacob
n pr loc
3) the territory assigned to the tribe of Naphtali

See Greek: Νεφθαλείμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נַפְתָּלִי‎ proper name, masculine and of a tribe Naphtali, Νεφθαλει (μ), etc. (interpreted as my wrestling Gen 30:8 perhaps originally crafty, cunning one); —

1. second son of Jacob and Bilhah Gen 30:8 (J), Gen 35:25; Gen 46:24 (P), 1Chr 2:2, compare Gen 49:21 (poem).

2. as a tribe of Israel:
a. Judg 1:33; Judg 4:10; Judg 5:18; Deut 33:23 (twice in verse) +; so (Hexateuch, only P) ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי נ‎ Judg 4:6; Num 1:42 + 6 t., ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה נ‎ Num 2:29; 1Kgs 7:14 + 5 t., ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ‎ Num 10:27; Num 34:28; Josh 19:39 ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר נ‎ Ezek 48:34 (in new Jerusalem); ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ נ‎ 1Kgs 15:20; 2Kgs 15:29, compare Isa 8:23* ‎׳‎‎קֶדֶשׁ נ‎ Judg 4:6 ‎׳‎‎הַר נ‎ Josh 20:7 ‎׳‎‎גְּבוּל נ‎ Ezek 48:4, ‎׳‎‎יָ֫מָּה נ‎ vEzek 48:3 ‎׳‎‎עָרֵי נ‎ 2Chr 16:4.
b. as territorial name Deut 34:2 (JE) 1Kgs 4:15; 1Chr 12:41* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:40*), 2Chr 34:6; Judg 6:35; Judg 7:23 might be a or
b.

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