a.qev denotes a heel, both as a body part and in expressions of position behind or in pursuit.

The occurrences most clearly denote the bodily heel, whether grasped, struck, bitten, injured, or caught in a snare. Other clauses use the term in language of being at someone’s heels, a rear guard, or following; several poetic instances are too loosely reflected in the APB to isolate its specific contribution.

1. The bodily heel · dominant

   The singular forms identify a heel in concrete bodily actions: in Genesis 25:26 the APB renders a brother’s hand as grasping Esau’s “heel,” and in Genesis 3:15 it renders the opposed strike as directed at “his heel.” Plural construct forms likewise occur where a serpent bites a horse’s heels in Genesis 49:17 and where heels are injured in Jeremiah 13:22; Job 18:9 depicts a snare seizing someone by the heel.

   Genesis 25:26Genesis 3:15Genesis 49:17Jeremiah 13:22Job 18:9
2. Position behind or in following · common

   In Genesis 49:19 the APB renders the attack as coming “at their heels,” placing the action behind those attacked. Joshua 8:13 uses a singular construct form in the setting of a “rear guard,” while Song of Songs 1:8 places a plural construct form in the instruction to “follow the flock.”

   Genesis 49:19Joshua 8:13Song of Songs 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the clause makes the referent clear, the APB uses “heel” or “heels,” as in Genesis 25:26, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 49:17, Jeremiah 13:22, and Job 18:9. In other verses it presents broader clauses such as “rear guard” or “follow the flock”; Its wording does not always isolate the term.