H2179

זָנַב

za.navH:V

to cut off the tail

1) to cut off 1a) (Piel) to attack the rear, smite the tail

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[זִנֵּב] verbdenominative Pi`el cut off, or smite, the tail, only figurative, of hostile attack in war; Perfect consecutive 2 masculine plural וְזִנַּבְתֶּם Josh 10:19 (followed by אֹתָם); Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּלהַֿנֶּחֱשָׁלִים Deut 25:18 in both = attack or smite in the rear.


2 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1)