Genesis
Chapter 49
Verse 21
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Genesis 49

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21 Naphtali, he is a flourishing terebinth, that sends forth beautiful branches.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Genesis 49:21. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 5
Word Entries 40
Editorial Notes 0
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Westminster Leningrad Codex Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible

Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.

נַפְתָּלִ֖י אַיָּלָ֣ה שְׁלֻחָ֑ה הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי־שָֽׁפֶר׃ ס

6 word entries
נַפְתָּלִ֖י
Lemma
5321
Morphology
Hebrew: noun proper
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H5321
Occurrences
39
אַיָּלָ֣ה
Lemma
355
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common feminine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H355
Occurrences
3
שְׁלֻחָ֑ה
Lemma
7971
Morphology
Hebrew: verb qal participle passive
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
H7971
Occurrences
405
הַנֹּתֵ֖ן
Lemma
d/5414
Morphology
Hebrew: particle definite article + verb qal participle active
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
H5414
Occurrences
12
אִמְרֵי
Lemma
561
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine plural construct
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H561
Occurrences
36
שָֽׁפֶר
Lemma
8233
Morphology
Hebrew: noun common masculine singular absolute
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
H8233
Occurrences
1
Greek Brenton Septuagint Greek · Septuagint / Brenton Greek tradition · Public Domain

Coverage: Old Testament and Apocrypha where imported

Ancient Greek translation tradition. Every imported LXX token is classified with confidence labels; rare/generated forms remain needs-review rather than hand-verified scholarship.

Νεφθαλὶ στέλεχος ἀνειμένον, ἐπιδιδοὺς ἐν τῷ γεννήματι κάλλος.

8 word entries
Νεφθαλὶ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Transliteration
Nephthali
Morphology
proper noun, indeclinable
Gloss
Naphtali
Part of Speech
proper noun
Definition
Naphtali, tribal/personal name.
Occurrences
48
στέλεχος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
stelechos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
3
ἀνειμένον
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
aneimenon
Morphology
accusative masculine or nominative/accusative neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
2
ἐπιδιδοὺς
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
epididoys
Morphology
nominative masculine/feminine singular or accusative plural pattern depending on context
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
ἐν
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
ἐν
Transliteration
en
Morphology
preposition with dative
Gloss
in, among, with
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
Preposition commonly taking the dative.
Strong's
G1722
Occurrences
13086
τῷ
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium high
Confidence note
Rule-aligned high-frequency LXX form. Stronger than generic preliminary enrichment, but not manually reviewed verse-by-verse.
Lemma
Transliteration
ho
Morphology
definite article, nominative masculine singular
Gloss
the
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
80473
γεννήματι
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
low
Confidence note
Rare-form generated LXX morphology pattern. This improves coverage and searchability, but should be treated as low-confidence until reviewed against the verse context.
Transliteration
gennemati
Morphology
dative singular or indeclinable form pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
1
κάλλος
Status
Rule-aligned morphology
Confidence
medium
Confidence note
Broad rule-aligned LXX morphology pattern. This is a generated morphology/part-of-speech layer intended for progress and searchability, not a hand-reviewed scholarly parse.
Transliteration
kallos
Morphology
nominative masculine singular or genitive neuter singular pattern
Gloss
...
Part of Speech
noun/adjective form
Definition
Generated LXX morphology pattern. Lexical meaning and exact parsing should be reviewed against the verse context.
Occurrences
26
Targum Onkelos Torah Aramaic · Targum Onkelos · Public Domain

Coverage: Torah

Ancient Aramaic Torah translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as the Hebrew original text.

נַפְתָּלִי בְּאַרַע טָבָא יִתְרְמֵי עַדְבֵהּ וְאַחְסַנְתֵּהּ תְּהֵי מְעַבְּדָא פֵירִין יְהוֹן מוֹדַן וּמְבָרְכִין עֲלֵיהוֹן

13 word entries
נַפְתָּלִי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
nptly
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
19
בְּאַרַע
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ארע
Transliteration
b'r'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
840
טָבָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
טבא
Transliteration
tb'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
26
יִתְרְמֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
ytrmy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
עַדְבֵהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'dbh
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
1
וְאַחְסַנְתֵּהּ
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
w'chsnth
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
20
תְּהֵי
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
תהי
Transliteration
thy
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
129
מְעַבְּדָא
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
m'bd'
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
Occurrences
52
פֵירִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
pyryn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
6
יְהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
yhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
122
מוֹדַן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Lemma
ודן
Transliteration
mwdn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
Occurrences
1
וּמְבָרְכִין
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
wmbrkyn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic token with prefixed conjunction
Occurrences
1
עֲלֵיהוֹן
Status
Preliminary machine alignment
Confidence
low aramaic preliminary
Note
Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
Transliteration
'lyhwn
Morphology
preliminary Aramaic source token
Occurrences
56
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܢܦܬܠܝ ܐܝܙܓܕܐ ܩܠܝܠܐ. ܝܗ̇ܒ ܡܐܡܪܐ ܫܦܝܪܐ.

6 word entries
ܢܦܬܠܝ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
NPTLJ
Morphology
NPTLJ/
Occurrences
0
ܐܝܙܓܕܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
>JZGD>
Morphology
>JZGD/~>
Occurrences
0
ܩܠܝܠܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
QLJL>
Morphology
QLJL/~>
Occurrences
0
ܝܗ̇ܒ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
JH^B
Morphology
JHB[/
Occurrences
0
ܡܐܡܪܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
M>MR>
Morphology
M>MR/~>
Occurrences
0
ܫܦܝܪܐ
Confidence
medium Apache-2.0 OpenSSI Syriac parser output
Note
OpenSSI morphology candidate mapped by book/chapter/verse and token position. Review before labeling as hand-verified scholarship.
Transliteration
CPJR>
Morphology
CPJR/~>
Occurrences
0
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Nephthali, cervus emissus, et dans eloquia pulchritudinis.

7 word entries
Nepthalim
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
Nepthalim
Morphology
GreLa POS: proper noun
Occurrences
39
cervus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ceruus
Transliteration
cervus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
13
emissus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
emitto
Transliteration
emissus
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
49
et
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
et
Transliteration
et
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Gloss
and
Part of Speech
conjunction
Definition
and, also, even
Etymology
Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
Occurrences
50526
dans
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
do
Transliteration
dans
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
2116
eloquia
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
eloquia
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
56
pulchritudinis
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pulchritudinis
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
34

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

Genesis 30:8

Rachel said, “I have fought a hard fight with my sister, and have prevailed”; so she called his name Naphtali.

3 relevance votes

Genesis 46:24

The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.

2 relevance votes
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