A TAIL — of a serpent, a fox, a beast; and, made into a verb, TO ATTACK THE TAIL of a column. ⭐ The verb stands in two verses of the Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy 25:18, where Amalek struck your tail — all who were straggling behind you, and Joshua 10:19 (not yet on these pages), where Joshua orders his men to tail the fleeing kings of the Amorites: Israel told to do what was done to it. The stragglers there are ha-necheshalim, a word in one verse of the Hebrew Bible, the ones giving way. ⚠ The noun is Moses' serpent, caught by the tail at Exodus 4:4 (already on these pages), Samson's foxes tied tail to tail (Judges 15:4), and Deuteronomy 28's blessing and curse, the head and not the tail (28:13), he shall be the head and you the tail (28:44); Isaiah 9:14 glosses it, the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail (9:15 in English numbering; none yet on these pages). The shelf reads 'smote the hindmost of thee' (KJV, ASV), 'attacked all who were lagging behind' (NIV), «te desbarató la retaguardia» (RV60), «herir en tu zaga» (TNM 1987). → first discussed at Deut 25:18