Tail Body Part

† זָנָב n.m. Ju 15:4 tail, also (fig.) end, stump (NH id., Assyrian zibbatu HomNS 368, Ethiopic ዘነብ Arabic ذَنَبٌ, Aramaic ܕܽܘܢܒܳܐ, דּוּנְבָּא, דַּנְבָּא)—ז׳ abs. Ju 15:4(×2) + 5 times; sf. זְנָבוֹ Jb 40:17; pl. זְנָבוֹת Ju 15:4; cstr. זַנְבוֹת Is 7:4;— 1. a. tail of fox Ju 15:4(×3), of serpent Ex 4:4 (J), of hippopot. Jb 40:17; b. fig. of common people, opp. to rulers Is 9:13; 19:15 (in both, רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב, ‖ כִּפָּה וְאַגְמוֹן; Is 9:14 is incorrect gloss); of subject-people (opp. רֹאשׁ) Dt 28:13, 44. 2. end, stump (of firebrand, אוּד) in metaph. Is 7:4.

οὐρά, Ionic dialect οὐρή, ἡ, (akin to ὄρρος) tail, of a lion, οὐρῇ δὲ πλευράς τε καὶ ἰσχία.. μαστίεται Refs 8th c.BC+; of a dog, οὐρῇ μέν ῥ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἔσηνε Refs 8th c.BC+; of the wolves and lions round the house of Circe, οὐρῇσιν μακρῇσι περισσαίνοντες Refs; of other animals, Refs 8th c.BC+; not used of birds (compare ὀρροπύγιον), Refs __2 ={αἰδοῖον}, Refs 8th c.BC+ __II of an army marching, rearguard, rear, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ οὐ. τοῦ κέρατος rear-rank, Refs; κατ᾽ οὐράν τινος ἕπεσθαι to follow in his rear, Refs; ὁ κατ᾽ οὐ. the rear-rank man, Refs; ἐπ᾽ οὐράν to the rear, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἐπ᾽ οὐρᾷ τῶν ἱππέων in rear, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατ᾽ οὐρὰν προσπίπτειν to attack in rear, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II.b left wing of a phalanx (opposed to κεφαλή), Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2 ῥήματος οὐρή, i.e. its echo, Refs __II.3 ἑπτὰ κλῶνας ἐλαίας ἄρας, τὰς μὲν ἓξ δῆσον οὐρὰν καὶ κεφαλὴν ἓν καθ᾽ ἕν, i.e. tie together the two ends of each twig separately, Refs

† אַלִיַה n.f. fat tail of sheep (Mish. id. 𝔗, אַלְיְתָה, אַלִּיתָא, etc.; Arabic أَلْيَة, cf. Fl.TWB i. 418 a) Ex 29:22; Lv 3:9; 7:3; 8:25 (all ‖ חֵ֫לֶב); 9:19, prob. also 1 S 9:24 for הֶעָלֶיהָ v. Gei Dr (cf. Tristram Nat. Hist. Bib. ch. vi RiHWB Schafe SmithDict. Bib. sheep).