Lexicon Naphtali: a son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by them Original Word: נַפְתָּלִיPart of Speech: proper name, masculine and of a tribe Transliteration: Naphtali Phonetic Spelling: (naf-taw-lee') Short Definition: Naphtali NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom pathalDefinitiona son of Jacob, also his desc. and the district settled by them NASB TranslationKedesh-naphtali* (1), Naphtali (50).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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), Genesis 35:25; Genesis 46:24 (P), 1 Chronicles 2:2, compare Genesis 49:21 (poem). 2 as a tribe of Israel: a. Judges 1:33; Judges 4:10; Judges 5:18; Deuteronomy 33:23 (twice in verse) +; so (Hexateuch, only P) ׳בְּנֵי נ Judges 4:6; Numbers 1:42 6t., ׳מַטֵּה נ Numbers 2:29; 1 Kings 7:14 5t., ׳מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ Numbers 10:27; Numbers 34:28; Joshua 19:39; ׳שַׁעַר נ Ezekiel 48:34 (in new Jerusalem); ׳אֶרֶץ נ 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29, compare Isaiah 8:23; ׳קֶדֶשׁ נ Judges 4:6; ׳הַר נ Joshua 20:7; ׳גְּבוּל נ Ezekiel 48:4, ׳יָ֫מָּה נ Ezekiel 48:3; ׳עָרֵי נ2Chronicles 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; Judges 7:23 might be a or b.
Strong's Naphtali From pathal; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory -- Naphtali. see HEBREW pathal |
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