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Naphtali
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English
Etymology
From en hbo נַפְתָּלִי naftalí, a son of Jacob. Compare ar نافس to compete with.
Pronunciation
en /ˈnæf.təˌlaɪ/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-9h8s-Naphtali.wav US
en Naph ta li
Proper noun
en biblical Sixth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Bilhah.
en biblical One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Naphtali.
en male Hebrew.
Quotations
Genesis 35 22 26 Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: 23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: 24 The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: 25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
Joshua 21 6 And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
Derived terms
en Naphtalite
Translations
sixth son of Jacob
Arabic: ar نِفْتَالِي m
Cherokee: chr ᏁᏩᏔᎵ, chr ᏁᏈᏓᎵ
Dutch: nl Naftali m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Νεφθαλείμ m
Gujarati: gu નફતાલી m
Hebrew: he נַפְתָּלִי
Hindi: hi नप्ताली m
Kazakh: kk Нафталим
Russian: ru Неффали́м m
Spanish: es Neftalí m
one of the Israelite tribes
Dutch: nl Naftali
Hindi: hi नप्ताली m
Polish: pl Neftali m
male given name
Dutch: nl Naftali m
Hebrew: he נַפְתָּלִי
Polish: pl Neftali m
Anagrams
en aahilnpt Plathian
en Biblical characters