H5305 H5305
Naphish, son of Ishmael and eponymous ancestor of an Arabian tribe
This proper name identifies one of Ishmael's twelve sons, listed in both Genesis 25:15 and 1 Chronicles 1:31 among the Arabian tribal ancestors. The name also designates the tribe descended from him, whom the Transjordanian tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh defeated in battle (1 Chronicles 5:19). The Greek transliterations vary (Naphes, Napheis), and the name likely has Arabic cognates, fitting Ishmael's identity as father of Arabian peoples. The tribal Naphish held territory east of the Jordan before Israel's conquest.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Two occurrences are genealogical, establishing Naphish as Ishmael's eleventh son in the standard list. The third reference (1 Chronicles 5:19) shifts from person to people—the Naphishites as a tribe defeated by Israel's eastern clans. Multilingual renderings show simple transliteration (Nafis, Nafish, Naphish) with minor phonetic variation. The pattern of personal name becoming tribal designation is common in Genesis genealogies, where individuals represent the nations descending from them. 3×
AR["نافيش", "نَافِيشُ", "وَ-نافيش"]·ben["ও-নাফীশ", "নাফীশ"]·DE["Nafisch", "[ונפיש]", "[נפיש]"]·EN["Naphish", "and-Naphish"]·FR["Naphish", "[ונפיש]", "[נפיש]"]·heb["ו-נפיש", "נפיש"]·HI["और-नापीश", "नापीश"]·ID["Nafis", "dan-Nafis"]·IT["Naphish", "[ונפיש]", "[נפיש]"]·jav["Nafis", "lan-Nafis"]·KO["그-와-나비스", "나비스", "나비시와"]·PT["Nafish", "Naphish", "e-Nafish"]·RU["Нафиш", "и-Нафишом"]·ES["Nafis", "Nafish", "y-Nafis"]·SW["Nafishi", "na-Nafishi"]·TR["Nafiş", "ve-Nafiş"]·urd["اور-نفیش", "نافیش", "نفیش"]
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
† נָפִישׁ n.pr.m. son of Ishmael, according to Gn 25:15 (P), = 1 Ch 1:31 (𝔊 Ναφες, 𝔊L Ναφεις); = (Arab) tribe 5:19 (𝔊 Ναφεισαδαιων, A 𝔊L Ναφισαιων).