He pursued him closely
Chase after someone who is retreating or fleeing. Destroy the enemy. In the question: A defeated enemy is crushed in battle (a hearse attacks the camp's tail).
("Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt. How he attacked you on the way and made all the weak behind you to turn against you, so that you would be weary and weary and would not fear God" - Deuteronomy 17)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
זִינֵּב בּוֹ
Definition (Hebrew)
רָדַף אַחֲרֵי מִישֶׁהוּ שֶׁנָּסוֹג אוֹ בּוֹרֵחַ. הִשְׁמִיד אֶת הַמְּאַסֵּף. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: נִצָּחוֹן מוֹחֵץ בַּקְּרָב (זִנֵּב מַשְׁמָע הִתְקִיף אֶת זְנַב הַמַּחֲנֶה).
("זָכוֹר אֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְךָ עֲמָלֵק בַּדֶּרֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶם מִמִּצְרָיִם. אֲשֶׁר קָרְךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּב בְּךָ כָּל הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִים אַחֲרֶיךָ וְאַתָּה עָיֵף וְיָגֵעַ וְלֹא יָרֵא אֱלֹהִים"- דְּבָרִים כֹּה יז)