זָנָבzânâb
tail, also (figurative) end, stump
Pronunciation: zaw-nawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2180
Meanings
1.
a. tail (Judges 15:4; Exodus 4:4; Job 40:17)
b. figurative of common people, opposed to rulers (Isaiah 9:13; Isaiah 19:15; Isaiah 9:14)
2. end, stump (Isaiah 7:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 4:4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:13 If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.
- Deuteronomy 28:44 They will lend money to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail!
- Judges 15:4 Then he went out and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together in pairs, and he fastened a torch to each pair of tails.
- Job 40:17 Its tail is as strong as a cedar. The sinews of its thighs are knit tightly together.
- Isaiah 7:4 Tell him to stop worrying. Tell him he doesn’t need to fear the fierce anger of those two burned-out embers, King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).