H2180
זָנָב
tail
tail, end, stump
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
זָנָב noun masculineJudg 15:4 tail, also (figurative) end, stump (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian zibbatu HomNS 368, Ethiopic Arabic , Aramaic , דּוּנְבָּא, דַּנְבָּא) — ׳ז absolute Judg 15:4 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; suffix זְנָבוֺJob 40:17 plural זְנָבוֺת Judg 15:4 construct זַנְבוֺת Isa 7:4 —
1. a. tail of fox Judg 15:4 (3 t. in verse), of serpent Exod 4:4 (J), of hippopotamus Job 40:17
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers Isa 9:13; Isa 19:15 (in both, ראֹשׁ וְזָנָב, || כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֺן; Isa 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opposed to ראֹשׁ) Deut 28:13; Deut 28:44.
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers Isa 9:13; Isa 19:15 (in both, ראֹשׁ וְזָנָב, || כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֺן; Isa 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opposed to ראֹשׁ) Deut 28:13; Deut 28:44.
2. end, stump (of firebrand, אוּד) in metaphor Isa 7:4.
6 occurrences
Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), Job (1), Isaiah (2)