זָנָבnoun masculineJudges 15:4tail, also (figurative)
end, stump (Late Hebrew
id., Assyrian
zibbatu Hom
NS 368, Ethiopic

Arabic

, Aramaic

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דּוּנְבָּא,
דַּנְבָּא) —
׳ז absolute
Judges 15:4 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; suffix
זְנָבוֺJob 40:17; plural
זְנָבוֺתJudges 15:4; construct
זַנְבוֺתIsaiah 7:4; —
1. a.tail of fox Judges 15:4 (3 t. in verse), of serpent Exodus 4:4 (J), of hippopotamus Job 40:17;
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 19:15 (in both, ראֹשׁ וְזָנָב, "" כִּמָּה וְאַגְמוֺן; Isaiah 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opposed to ראֹשׁ) Deuteronomy 28:13,44.
2end, stump (of firebrand, אוּד) in metaphor Isaiah 7:4.
Strong's Hebrew: 2180. זָנָב (zanab) — 11 Occurrences
Exodus 4:4
HEB:יָֽדְךָ֔ וֶאֱחֹ֖ז בִּזְנָב֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָדוֹ֙
NAS: and grasp [it] by its tail-- so he stretched
KJV: and take it by the tail. And he put forth
INT: your hand and grasp tail Stretch his hand
Deuteronomy 28:13
HEB:לְרֹאשׁ֙ וְלֹ֣א לְזָנָ֔ב וְהָיִ֙יתָ֙ רַ֣ק
NAS: you the head and not the tail, and you only
KJV: thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only,
INT: the head and not the tail become but
Deuteronomy 28:44
HEB:וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה לְזָנָֽב׃
NAS: to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.
KJV: to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
INT: you become will be the tail
Judges 15:4
HEB:לַפִּדִ֗ים וַיֶּ֤פֶן זָנָב֙ אֶל־ זָנָ֔ב
NAS: and turned [the foxes] tail to tail
KJV: and turned tail to tail,
INT: torches and turned tail to tail
Judges 15:4
HEB:זָנָב֙ אֶל־ זָנָ֔ב וַיָּ֨שֶׂם לַפִּ֥יד
NAS: [the foxes] tail to tail and put
KJV: and turned tail to tail, and put a
INT: tail to tail and put torch
Judges 15:4
HEB:בֵּין־ שְׁנֵ֥י הַזְּנָב֖וֹת בַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃
NAS: between two tails.
KJV: in the midst between two tails.
INT: between two tails the middle
Job 40:17
HEB: יַחְפֹּ֣ץ זְנָב֣וֹ כְמוֹ־ אָ֑רֶז
NAS: He bends his tail like a cedar;
KJV: He moveth his tail like a cedar:
INT: bends his tail like A cedar
Isaiah 7:4
HEB:יֵרַ֔ךְ מִשְּׁנֵ֨י זַנְב֧וֹת הָאוּדִ֛ים הָעֲשֵׁנִ֖ים
NAS: two stubs of smoldering
KJV: for the two tails of these smoking
INT: faint two stubs firebrands of smoldering
Isaiah 9:14
HEB:מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֗ל רֹ֧אשׁ וְזָנָ֛ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמ֖וֹן
NAS: head and tail from Israel,
KJV: head and tail, branch
INT: Israel head and tail palm and bulrush
Isaiah 9:15
HEB:שֶּׁ֖קֶר ה֥וּא הַזָּנָֽב׃
NAS: who teaches falsehood is the tail.
KJV: that teacheth lies, he [is] the tail.
INT: falsehood he is the tail
Isaiah 19:15
HEB:יַעֲשֶׂ֛ה רֹ֥אשׁ וְזָנָ֖ב כִּפָּ֥ה וְאַגְמֽוֹן׃
NAS: [its] head or tail, [its] palm branch
KJV: which the head or tail, branch
INT: may do head tail palm bulrush