אלשיך — ולנפתלי אמר נפתלי שבע רצון ומלא ברכת ה' ים ודרום ירשה

Q — Naftali's allotment included the Kinneret and a strip of southern shoreline — a lot of *water*, not great for agriculture. Naftali had real grounds to be bitter about his portion. Why is he called 'שבע רצון' precisely here?

A — That's the point. 'שבע רצון' is not a description of objective circumstances — it is praise of Naftali's middah. Despite the agricultural disadvantage of inheriting sea and southern coast ('ים ודרום ירשה'), Naftali was *content with what he got*, sameach b'chelko. The reward of that middah is the next phrase — 'ומלא ברכת ה'.' A person who is content with little merits to be filled with much. The blessing is causal: 'בזכות שהוא שבע רצון.' Naftali's contentment with what objectively looked like a poor inheritance is what made Hashem turn it into 'מלא ברכת ה'.'