- זנב
- זָנָבm. (b. h.) attachment, tail. Bekh.VI, 9 זְנַב הגדי the tail of a kid; a. fr.Yoma 41b זְ׳ לשון the tail-end (fringes) of the band. Erub.18a (ref. to צלע, Gen. 2:22) ז׳ it means the tail (with which Adam was originally created). Kil. IV, 6 ואחת יוצאה ז׳ and one vine projects like a tail. Ukts. I, 3 ז׳ של אשכול the skeleton of the cluster of grapes (the thin branches), opp. to יד, the stem; a. fr.Trnsf. the last, least. Ab. IV, 15, v. אֲרִי.Euphem. membrum virile. Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 10 (expl. ויזנב, Deut. 25:18) הכה אותן מכת ז׳ Amalek mutilated them by cutting off ; Pesik. Zakh., p. 27a>; Pesik. R. s. 12; Num. R. s. 13; v. זְמוֹרָה.Denom.
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