זָנַב (zānab) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning cut off. It appears
2 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2179).
Also rendered
to cut off the tail
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 562)
Range of meaning (TWOT 562)cut off, smite, the tail; curtail, cut off the rear; smite the hindmost
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
זִנֵּבverb, denominative: cut off, smite, the tail
Piel cut off, or smite, the tail, only figuratively, of hostile attack in war
Strong's H2179זָנַב: to curtail, i.e. cut off the rear KJV:smite the hindmost.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.