hindmost
part of speech
adjective
meaning for a pupil
Last, at the very back. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Dan marched last among the tribes; Amalek attacked the weak stragglers at the back. Interpretation: Dan, as the rear guard, was said to gather the lost and stray. Amalek's cowardly attack on the weak became a lasting symbol of cruelty, remembered before Purim.
examples
- all that were numbered of the camp of Dan being a hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred; they shall set forth hindmost by their standards.' (Torah NUM.2.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were enfeebled in thy rear, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. (Torah DEU.25.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities; for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.' (Prophets JOS.10.19, JPS 1917) tree →
note
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Trees and pragmatics
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