• [ זִנֵּב ] vb. denom. Pi. cut off, or smite, the tail , only fig. , of hostile attack in war; Pf. consec. 2 mpl. וְזִנַּבְתֶּם Jos 10:19 ( sq. אֹתָם ); Impf. 3 ms. וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים Dt 25:1 8; in both = attack or smite in the rear .
•זָנָה S 2181 TWOT 563 GK 2388, 2389 vb. commit fornication, be a harlot (Arabic زَنَى ( zanā ) commit fornication , Aramaic ܙܢܳܐ ( zno ), זנא ; cf. Ethiopic ˜˜˜˜
( zənyat ) effusio seminis virilis, semen effusum , Di 1055; on this and ˜˜˜ ( zammawa ) ( comp. by Ges al. ) v. Prät BAS i.32, Anm. ) — Qal Pf. ז׳ Dt 31:1 6, זָֽנְתָה Gn 38:34 + 3 times, etc.; Impf. יִזְנֶ˜ה ( Kt ) Ez 23:43 ; תִּזְנֶה Lv 19:29 + 4 times; וַתּ˜זֶן Je 3:8 Ez 23: 5; תִּזְנִי Ho 3: 3; וַתִּזְנִי Je 3:6 (but read prob. וַתִּזֶן : וַתִּזְנִי is not Aramaic form of 3 fs. , v. Kö i 540 Kau § 47 g b) Ez 16:15 + 4 times;
וַתִּזְנִים Ez 16:2 8; יִזְנוּ ( Qr ) Ez 23:43 ; וַיִּזְנוּ Ju 8:27 + 4 times;
תִּזְנֶינָה Ho 4:1 3, 14 ; וַתִּזְנֶינָה Ez 23: 3; Inf. abs. זָנֹה Ho 1: 2; cstr.
לִזְנֹות Lv 20:5 + 3 times; לִזְנֹת Lv 20: 6; sf. בִּזְנֹותֵךְ Ez 23:3 0; Pt. זֹונֶה
ψ 73:27
Ez 6:
9;
זֹנֶה
Ho 4:1
5;
pl.
זֹנִים
Lv 17:7
+
3 times;
זֹונָה
Dt 23:19
+
25 times;
זֹנָה
Lv 21:7
+
2 times;
זֹונֹות
Pr 29:
3;
זֹנֹות
Ho 4:14
+
4 times—
1.
be
or
act as a harlot
,
abs.
Gn 38:24
(
J
),
Dt 22:21
(
D
),
Lv 21:9
(
H
),
Ho 4:13
,
14 Am 7:1
7;
זונה
+
(ה)אשׁה
Jos 2:
1;
6:22
(
J
),
Lv 21:7
(
H
),
Ju 11:1
;
16:1 Pr 6:26 Je 3:3 Ez 16:3
0;
23:44
;
זֹונָה
Gn 34:3
1;
38:15 Jos 6:1
7,
25
(all
J
),
Dt 23:19 Lv 21:14
(
H
),
Pr 7:10
;
23:27 Is 23:1
5,
16 Jo 4:3 Mi 1:7
(×2) Ez 16:3
1;
נָשִׁים זֹנֹות
1 K 3:1
6;
ז(ו)נות
1 K 22:38 Pr 29:3 Ho 3:
3;
4:14 Ez 16:3
3;
בית זונה
Je 5:
7;
commit fornication
, man’s act
ז׳ אל
Nu 25:1
(
J
); metaphorically of a land given to harlotry
Lv 19:29
.
2.
fig.
of improper intercourse with foreign nations
with
acc. pers.
Je 3:1 Ex 16:2
8;
ז׳ את
Is
Pf.
Perfect.
consec.
consecutive.
comp.
compare, compares, comparative.
Ges
W. Gesenius.
al.
et aliter
, and elsewhere; also
et alii
, and others.
Prät
F. Prätorius.
BAS
Beiträge zur Assyriologie u. Semit. Sprachwissenschaft
, edd. Dl. & Hpt.
Kt
K
ethibh
.
fs.
feminine singular.
Kö E. König, Heb. Gram. Kau E. Kautzsch, Gram. d. bibl. Aram. Qr Q erê.
D Deuteronomist in Dt., in other books Deuteronomic author or redactor. acc. pers. acc. of person.