Genesis 30:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Rachel said, “In my great struggles, I have wrestled with my sister and won.” So she named him Naphtali.

Young's Literal Translation
and Rachel saith, ‘With wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, yea, I have prevailed;’ and she calleth his name Napthali.

King James Bible
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Hebrew
Then Rachel
רָחֵ֗ל (rā·ḥêl)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7354: Rachel -- a wife of Jacob

said,
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“In my great struggles,
נַפְתּוּלֵ֨י (nap̄·tū·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 5319: Wrestled, a struggle

I have wrestled
נִפְתַּ֛לְתִּי (nip̄·tal·tî)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6617: To twine, to struggle, be, tortuous

with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

my sister
אֲחֹתִ֖י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

won.”
יָכֹ֑לְתִּי (yā·ḵō·lə·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3201: To be able, have power

So she named
וַתִּקְרָ֥א (wat·tiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

him
שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

Naphtali.
נַפְתָּלִֽי׃ (nap̄·tā·lî)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 5321: Naphtali -- a son of Jacob, also his descendants and the district settled by them

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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