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View Name: Naphtali


NAPHTALI
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical
OTHER SCRIPTS: נַפְתָלִי (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: NAF-tÉ™-lie (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "wrestling" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is a son of Jacob by Rachel's servant Bilhah, and the ancestor of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.
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