6412. 'Naphtali' means the state following temptations. This is clear from the representation of 'Naphtali' as temptation and also the state following temptations, dealt with in 3927, 3928; besides which he was given the name Naphtali by derivation from 'wrestlings', which in the spiritual sense are temptations.
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