H3185 H3185
Yachtsiel — personal name of Naphtali's son (1 Chr 7:13), meaning 'God apportions'
This son of Naphtali bears a name meaning 'God divides' or 'apportions,' perhaps reflecting themes of divine providence in land distribution. The name appears with spelling variants across Genesis, Numbers, and Chronicles, showing textual fluidity in proper names. As a tribal ancestor, Yachtsiel's descendants formed one of Naphtali's clans.
Senses
1. sense 1 — One of Naphtali's sons and thus an ancestral clan head. The variant spellings (Yachtse'el, Yachtsiel) and diverse Greek renderings demonstrate transmission variations across different source texts. The name's meaning ('God apportions') theologically frames land inheritance as divine gift. Translations uniformly transliterate (Spanish 'Yajtsiel'), treating this as a genealogical marker. 1×
AR["يَحصيئيل"]·ben["যহসীয়েল"]·DE["[יחציאל]"]·EN["Yachtsiel"]·FR["[יחציאל]"]·heb["יחציאל"]·HI["यहसीएल"]·ID["Yahziel"]·IT["[יחציאל]"]·jav["Yahsièl"]·KO["야흐시엘"]·PT["Yachtsiel"]·RU["Иахциил"]·ES["Yajtsiel"]·SW["Yahsieli"]·TR["Yahtsiel"]·urd["یحصیایل"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יַחְצְאֵל, יַחְצִיאֵל n.pr.m. (God divideth, apportioneth)—son of Naphtali; יַחְצְ׳ Gn 46:24 (𝔊 Ασιηλ, 𝔊L Ιασβηλ), Nu 26:48 (Σαηλ, Ασιηλ) = יַחֲצִי׳ 1 Ch 7:13 (Ιεισιηλ, 𝔊L Ιασσιηλ).