The Twelve Tribes · X of XII
נפתלי
Naphtali
A hind let loose, swift and free. Barak, who fought beside Deborah, came from Kedesh in Naphtali.
- Mother
- Bilhah
- Born
- The sixth son of Jacob
- Stone
- אַחְלָמָה · amethyst
- Banner
- Clear wine, its red not deep
- Emblem
- A hind Genesis 49:21
- In the camp
- The north
Rachel said: I engaged in a great struggle [naftulei] with my sister. And also prevailed, She called his name Naphtali.
וַתֹּאמֶר רָחֵל נַפְתּוּלֵי אֱלֹהִים נִפְתַּלְתִּי עִם־אֲחֹתִי גַּם־יָכֹלְתִּי וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ נַפְתָּלִי׃
Naphtali is a doe let loose who provides pleasant sayings
נַפְתָּלִי אַיָּלָה שְׁלֻחָה הַנֹּתֵן אִמְרֵי־שָׁפֶר׃
And of Naphtali he said: Naphtali, his desire is satisfied, and full with the blessing of the Lord; he will take possession of the sea and south.
וּלְנַפְתָּלִי אָמַר נַפְתָּלִי שְׂבַע רָצוֹן וּמָלֵא בִּרְכַּת יְהֹוָה יָם וְדָרוֹם יְרָשָׁה׃
The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.