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title: נַפְתָּלִי — Naphtali · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נַפְתָּלִי (5321), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 51 times: Naphtali. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. et trib. Naphtali. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נַפְתָּלִי

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«נַפְתָּלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Naphtali** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 51 times · **Key:** 5321 · **BDB:** נַפְתָּלִי

### Glosses

of.Naphtali (29); Naphtali (22)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Naphtali [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5321/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. et trib. Naphtali [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5321/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. et trib. Naphtali, Νεφθαλει(μ), etc. (interpr. as my wrestling Gn 30:8; perhaps orig. crafty, cunning one);— second son of Jacob and Bilhah Gn 30:8 (J), 35:25; 46:24 (P), 1 Ch 2:2, cf. Gn 49:21 (poem). as a tribe of Isr.: Ju 1:33; 4:10; 5:18; Dt 33:23(×2) +; so (Hex, only P) בְּנֵי נ׳ Ju 4:6; Nu 1:42 + 6 times, מַטֵּה נ׳ Nu 2:29; 1 K 7:14 + 5 times, מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ׳ Nu 10:27; 34:28; Jos 19:39; שַׁעַר נ׳ Ez 48:34 (in new Jerus.); אֶרֶץ נ׳ 1 K 15:20; 2 K 15:29, cf. Is 8:23; קֶדֶשׁ נ׳ Ju 4:6; הַר נ׳ Jos 20:7; גְּבוּל נ׳ Ez 48:4, יָ֫מָּה נ׳ v 3; עָרֵי נ׳ 2 Ch 16:4. as territorial name Dt 34:2 (JE) 1 K 4:15; 1 Ch 12:41 (van d. H. v 40), 2 Ch 34:6; Ju 6:35; 7:23 might be a or b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נַפְתָּלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5321/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.1.15/)

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לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔י אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן־עֵינָֽן׃

*Word for word:* for Naphtali Ahira the.son of.Enan

*JPS 1917:* Of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan.'

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[Exodus 1:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.4/)

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דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִ֖י גָּ֥ד וְאָשֵֽׁר׃

*Word for word:* Dan and Naphtali Gad and Asher

*JPS 1917:* Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

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