Lexical Definition

‎זָנָב‎ zânâb (zaw-nawb') tail ^H:N-M
from ‎זָנַב‎ (in the original sense of flapping)

tail.

• the tail (literally or figuratively)

1) tail, end, stump

See Greek: οὐρά

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎זָנָב‎ noun masculine^{Judg 15:4} tail, also (figurative) end, stump (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zibbatu Hom^{NS 368}, Ethiopic Arabic , Aramaic , ‎דּוּנְבָּא‎, ‎דַּנְבָּא‎) — ‎׳‎‎ז‎ absolute Judg 15:4 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; suffix ‎זְנָבוֺ‎Job 40:17 plural ‎זְנָבוֺת‎ Judg 15:4 construct ‎זַנְבוֺת‎ Isa 7:4 —

1. a. tail of fox Judg 15:4 (3 t. in verse), of serpent Exod 4:4 (J), of hippopotamus Job 40:17
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers Isa 9:13*; Isa 19:15 (in both, ‎ראֹשׁ וְזָנָב‎, || ‎כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֺן‎; Isa 9:14* is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opposed to ‎ראֹשׁ‎) Deut 28:13; Deut 28:44.

2. end, stump (of firebrand, ‎אוּד‎) in metaphor Isa 7:4.

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