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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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נַפְתּוּלִים

Strong’s: H5319

Associated OET lemmas: נַפְתּוּלִים

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: פתל

Sense 1: to struggle, to fight

Semantic domains: Conflict (002003002007)

Core domains: Conflict (044)

Definition: literally: to wrestle; hence: = action by which humans are in a fierce competition with someone else and make a huge effort to prevail over the other

Collocations: פתל נַפְתּוּלִים

Show passage in OET: GEN 30:8

OET-RV GEN 30:8

8 so Rahel said, “I’ve had a difficult battle with my sister but I’ve succeeded in the end!” So she named the baby ‘Naftali’ (Naphtali) (which means ‘my struggle’).

OET-LV GEN 30:8

8 And_ Rāḩēl _she/it_said wrestling(s)_of god I_have_wrestled with sister_of_my also I_have_prevailed and_she/it_called/named his/its_name Naftālī.

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