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[[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''naptālî'' “My wrestling,”<ref>[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | [[HEBREW|H<small>EBREW</small>]] ''naptālî'' “My wrestling,”<ref>[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] ''Holy Bible'' (1979), 45 n.</ref> is a niphal form of ''ptl'' “to twist, to wrestle,” in a popular etymology based on competition between Rachel and [[LEAH|L<small>EAH</small>]] ([http://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/gen/30.8?lang=eng#7 Genesis 30:8]).<ref>Paul Benjamin, “Naphtali,” in D. Freedman, ed., [[David Freedman, ed. Anchor Bible Dictionary. 6 vols. N.Y.: Doubleday, 1992.|''ABD'']], IV:1021.</ref> | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants''' | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 8 January 2015
| Biblical PN | 1. | KJV NAPHTALI (2 Nephi 19:1 = Isaiah 9:1) |
Etymology
HEBREW naptālî “My wrestling,”[1] is a niphal form of ptl “to twist, to wrestle,” in a popular etymology based on competition between Rachel and LEAH (Genesis 30:8).[2]
Variants
Deseret Alphabet: 𐐤𐐈𐐙𐐓𐐁𐐢𐐌 (næfteɪlaɪ)
Notes
