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נַפְתָּלִי proper name, masculine [also 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 Ezek 48:3
׳
עָרֵי נ
2Chr 16:4.
b. as territorial name Deut 34:2 (
J
E
) 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.