מכרה mekêrāh — “weapon;” related: כיר kārar or כרה kārāh dig. “Device, design?” related: …

Naphtali.—Gad had been described as moving slowly in war, and allowing himself to be surprised by hordes of plunderers, whom, neve…

He gives goodly words.

He has liberty in speech, freedom of utterance, he is not in bonds, he is as a hind let loose.

Naphtali. Some think that in the tribe of Naphtali speed is commended; I rather prefer another meaning, namely, that it will guard and def…

Naphtali is a hind let loose Onkelos applies it to the tribe itself, and to the goodne of its land, "as for Naphtali, his…

Concerning Gad, Jacob alludes to his name, which signifies a troop, and foresees the character of that tribe. The cause of God and His people, thou…