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דּנֹב‏ n.m./f. tail

tail JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgJ Jud15:4 : וֻקטַר דַנבָא בְרֵיש דַנבָא וְשַוִי בָעוֹרָא חַד בֵין תְרֵי דַנבַיָא בִמצִיעִין‏ he tied one tail to the top of the other tail and placed a single torch between the tails, in the middle. PJ Gen37:2 : דחמנון אכלין בישרא דתליש מן חיוא חייא ית אודניא וית דנבייא‏ that he saw them eating flesh torn from a live beast: the ears and the tails.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 344a; Jastrow: 315; Levy Ch-W: 1:182; Tal Sam: 191;

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Derivatives:

gnwbh, gnwbtˀ n.f. #2 tail

gwnb n.m. #3 tail (of a fish)