וְאַתֶּם֙ אַֽל־תַּעֲמֹ֔דוּ רִדְפוּ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֔ם וְזִנַּבְתֶּ֖ם אוֹתָ֑ם אַֽל־תִּתְּנ֗וּם לָבוֹא֙ אֶל־עָ֣רֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֧י נְתָנָ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃
Ngunit kayo, huwag kayong tumigil; habulin ninyo ang inyong mga kaaway at pabagsakin ninyo ang mga nasa hulihan nila; huwag ninyo silang hayaang makapasok sa kanilang mga lungsod, sapagkat ibinigay na sila ng Walang-Hanggan na inyong Diyos sa inyong kamay.”
Redeeming Relevance; Deuteronomy
The final link in the story of Yehoshua and Amalek is very subtle. The uncommon verb based on the Hebrew word for tail that we discussed above is repeated only once more in the entire Tanach, specifically from the mouth of Yehoshua (Yehoshua 10:19).