זָנָב
Used: 11 times · Key: 2180 · BDB: זָנָב
Glosses
tail (9); tails (1); the.stumps (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
tail tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. tail end, stump tree →
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.
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
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.
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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