נַפְתָּלִי
Naphtâlîy · naf-taw-lee'
Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6617 (פָּתַל); my wrestling;
Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Naphtali.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word › the mark, the covenant sign › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works
The seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word of the mark, the covenant sign of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נַפְתָּלִי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of naphtali30 · 60%
- and naphtali6 · 12%
- naphtali4 · 8%
- and of naphtali2 · 4%
- o naphtali1 · 2%
- and all naphtali1 · 2%
- neither did naphtali1 · 2%
- and unto naphtali1 · 2%
- out of naphtali1 · 2%
- was in naphtali1 · 2%
- even unto naphtali1 · 2%
- portion for naphtali1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.