Judges 15:4:9Judg.15.4.W9TAB
זָנָב֙
zanav
“a tail”
- Transliteration
- za-NAV
- Extended
- zah-NAAV
- IPA
- /zaːˈnaːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- a tail
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
za-NAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-FEN za-NAV
- clause
va-yik-KAKH la-pi-DIM va-ye-FEN za-NAV el-za-NAV va-ya-SEM la-PID e-KHAD BEN-she-NE ha-ze-na-VOT ba-ta-VEKH
- sentence
va-ye-LEKH shim-sHON va-yil-KOD she-LOSH-me-OT shu-a-LIM va-yik-KAKH la-pi-DIM va-ye-FEN za-NAV el-za-NAV va-ya-SEM la-PID e-KHAD BEN-she-NE ha-ze-na-VOT ba-ta-VEKH
Exegesis
The pairing is signaled by zānāv {זָנָב֙ | zānāv} ‘tail’ and ʾel-zānāv {אֶל־זָנָ֔ב | ʾel-zānāv} ‘to tail’, while battāvēḵ {בַּתָּֽוֶךְ | battāvēḵ} ‘in the middle’ marks the precise placement of lappîḏ {לַפִּ֥יד | lappîḏ} ‘torch’. The English rendering preserves the rapid action and spatial detail through coordinated clauses and prepositional phrases.
Root and etymology
Rootzayin–nun–bet
“tail”
In context — Judges 15:4
Samson went out, captured three hundred foxes, and took torches. He tied them tail to tail and set one torch between the two tails, in the middle .
About this coordinate
Judges 15:4:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 15:4, so the Hebrew word זָנָב֙ (zanav) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.15.4.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.4.W9.S1) and character.