זָנַב
Used: 2 times · Key: 2179 · BDB: זִנֵּב
Glosses
it.attacked.in.the.rear (1); you.will.attack.in.the.rear (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
cut off tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb.denom. cut off, or smite, the tail tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. cut off, or smite, the tail, only fig., of hostile attack in war; Pf. consec. 2 mpl. וְזִנַּבְתֶּם Jos 10:19 (sq. אֹתָם); Impf. 3 ms. וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים Dt 25:18; in both = attack or smite in the rear.
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «זָנַב» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָוְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹהִֽים׃
Word for word: (cmp) it met.you on the way and it.attacked.in.the.rear among you all [those who.were].straggling behind you and you [were].exhausted and weary and not it.feared God
JPS 1917: 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.
וְאַתֶּם֙ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֔דוּ רִדְפוּ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֔ם וְזִנַּבְתֶּ֖ם אוֹתָ֑ם אַֽל־תִּתְּנ֗וּם לָבוֹא֙ אֶל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֧י נְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃
Word for word: and you do.not delay pursue after enemies your and you.will.attack.in.the.rear them do.not permit them to go into cities their (dm) he has.given.them Yahweh God your in hand your
JPS 1917: 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.'
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