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title: זָנָב — tail · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זָנָב (2180), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: tail. BDB 1906: n.m. tail end, stump. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זָנָב

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«זָנָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tail** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 2180 · **BDB:** זָנָב

### Glosses

tail (9); tails (1); the.stumps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tail [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2180/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tail end, stump [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2180/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ju 15:4 tail, also (fig.) end, stump (NH id., Assyrian zibbatu HomNS 368, Ethiopic ዘነብ Arabic ذَنَبٌ, Aramaic ܕܽܘܢܒܳܐ, דּוּנְבָּא, דַּנְבָּא)—ז׳ abs. Ju 15:4(×2) + 5 times; sf. זְנָבוֹ Jb 40:17; pl. זְנָבוֹת Ju 15:4; cstr. זַנְבוֹת Is 7:4;— tail of fox Ju 15:4(×3), of serpent Ex 4:4 (J), of hippopot. Jb 40:17; fig. of common people, opp. to rulers Is 9:13; 19:15 (in both, רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב, ‖ כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֹן; Is 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opp. רֹאשׁ) Dt 28:13, 44. end, stump (of firebrand, אוּד) in metaph. Is 7:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זָנָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2180/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.17/)

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יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־אָ֑רֶז גִּידֵ֖י פַחֲדָ֣יו יְשֹׂרָֽגוּ׃

*Word for word:* it.stiffens tail its like a.cedar the.tendons its.thighs his they.are.intertwined

*JPS 1917:* He straineth his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are knit together.

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[Isaiah 9:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.9.13/)

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וַיַּכְרֵ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל רֹ֧אשׁ וְזָנָ֛ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמ֖וֹן י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.cut.off Yahweh from Israel head and tail palm.branch and bulrush day one

*JPS 1917:* Therefore the LORD doth cut off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, in one day.

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