To cut off the tail
זָנַבStrong’s H2179zanav (za-nav)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Zanav is the Hebrew word usually translated “it attacked in rear” and “attack in rear”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.”
Meaning
- To cut off(Piel) to attack the rear, smite the tail
How it's translated
- and it attacked in rear 1
- and you will attack in rear 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Joshua 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
זָנַב zanav · to cut off the tail
1) to cut off 1a) (Piel) to attack the rear, smite the tail
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.