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Deuteronomy 33:23
“And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נַפְתָּלִיNaphtâlîy · naf-taw-lee'
H5321 · Hebrew
H5321 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
- Derivation
- from H6617 (פָּתַל); my wrestling;
- KJV renderings
- Naphtali.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- נַפְתָּלִ֣י — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 51 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:8Genesis 35:25Genesis 46:24Genesis 49:21Exodus 1:4
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נַפְתָּלִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.