Senses
1. Naphtali (tribe/person) — The proper name Naphtali, referring to the sixth son of Jacob (by Bilhah) and the Israelite tribe descended from him, along with their territorial allotment in northern Canaan. All four clusters are the same name with different prepositions: bare nominative/genitive, with lamed (to/for Naphtali), with beth (in Naphtali), and with min (from Naphtali). Multilingual glosses confirm identity: Arabic Naftali, Spanish Neftali/Naftali, Hindi Naptali, Korean Napdalli, Swahili Naftali. No semantic distinction exists between these grammatical variants of one proper noun. 51×
AR["نَفْتَالِي"]·ben["নপ্তালি","নপ্তালির","নফতালি","নফতালী","নফতালীর"]·DE["Naftali","Naftalis"]·EN["Naphtali"]·FR["Nephthali"]·heb["נפתלי"]·HI["नप्ताली","नप्ताली-का","नप्ताली-के","नफ़्ताली-के"]·ID["Naftali"]·IT["Neftali"]·jav["Naftali"]·KO["납달리","납달리는","납달리라","납달리여","납달리와","납달리의"]·PT["Naftali"]·RU["Нафтали","Нефталима","Неффалим","Неффалима"]·ES["Naftali","Naftalí","Neftalí"]·SW["Naftali","la-Naftali","yote"]·TR["Naftali","Naftali'nin","Naftali'yi"]·urd["نفتالی","نفتالی-کا","نفتالی-کو","نفتالی-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
נַפְתָּלִי51 n.pr.m. et trib. Naphtali, Νεφθαλει(μ), etc. (interpr. as my wrestling Gn 30:8; perhaps orig. crafty, cunning one);— 1. second son of Jacob and Bilhah Gn 30:8 (J), 35:25; 46:24 (P), 1 Ch 2:2, cf. Gn 49:21 (poem). 2. as a tribe of Isr.: a. Ju 1:33; 4:10; 5:18; Dt 33:23(×2) +; so (Hex, only P) בְּנֵי נ׳ Ju 4:6; Nu 1:42 + 6 times, מַטֵּה נ׳ Nu 2:29; 1 K 7:14 + 5 times, מַטֵּה בְּנֵי נ׳…