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Naphtali (Hebrew: נַפְתָּלִי, Standard Naftali Tiberian Nap̄tālî ; "My struggle") is the sixth son of Jacob and the founder of the tribe of Naphtali, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis and as described in the Hebrew Bible. Hebrew redirects here. ...
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Tiberian Hebrew is an oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient forms of Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was given written form by masoretic scholars in the Jewish community at Tiberias in the early Middle Ages, beginning in the 8th century. ...
Jacob Wrestling with the Angel – Gustave Doré, 1855 Jacob or Yaakov, (Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: يعقوب, ; holds the heel), also known as Israel (Hebrew: יִשְׂרָ×ֵל, Standard Tiberian ; Arabic: اسرائيل, ; Struggled with God), is the third Biblical patriarch. ...
The Hebrew Tribe of Naphtali (My wrestling), was founded by Naphtali, son of Jacob. ...
Genesis (Greek: ΓÎνεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin) is the first book of the Torah (five books of Moses) and hence the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of the Christian Old Testament. ...
11th century manuscript of the Hebrew Bible with Targum This article discusses usage of the term Hebrew Bible. For the article on the Hebrew Bible itself, see Tanakh. ...
His father Jacob had married two women, Rachel and Leah, who were sisters. Leah had given Jacob four sons, while Rachel, it seemed, was barren. Consequently, in line with the custom of the day, Rachel had provided her maidservant Bilhah to Jacob as a concubine, with the understanding than any children Bilhah bore him would count as hers. Rachel (Hebrew: ‎, Russian: , also spelled Rachael) Ewe, also innocence and gentility of a rose and may mean lovely. Standard Hebrew , Tiberian Hebrew , ) is the second and favorite wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. ...
Look up Leah, לֵ×ָה in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
In the Book of Genesis, Bilhah (בִּלְהָה Faltering; bashful, Standard Hebrew Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew Bilhāh) is a concubine of Jacob, and bears him two sons, Dan and Naphtali. ...
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Accordingly, when Naphtali was born, although Bilhah was his biological mother, he was considered Rachel's, and Rachel named him. In her joy at his birth she said, "I have had a great struggle with my sister, and I have won" (Genesis 30:8, NIV). This became the source of his name "Naphtali," meaning "my struggle." Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
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