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title: כָּנַף — be cornered · The Tanakh dictionary
description: כָּנַף (3670), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be cornered. BDB 1906: vb. denom. Niph. be cornered into corner, or aside. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# כָּנַף

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«כָּנַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be cornered** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3670 · **BDB:** כָּנַף

### Glosses

he.will.hide.himself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be cornered [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. Niph. be cornered into corner, or aside [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. from כָּנָף 2. only Niph. be cornered, thrust into a corner, or aside;—Impf. 3 ms. וְלֹא יִכָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיֹךָ Is 30:20 and no more shall thy teachers be thrust into a corner (cf. Di); \> others, who render hide themselves, (cf. Arabic كَنَفَ enclose, guard, but this rather for protection).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «כָּנַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 30:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.20/)

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וְנָתַ֨ן לָכֶ֧ם אֲדֹנָ֛י לֶ֥חֶם צָ֖ר וּמַ֣יִם לָ֑חַץ וְלֹֽא־יִכָּנֵ֥ף עוֹד֙ מוֹרֶ֔יךָ וְהָי֥וּ עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹא֥וֹת אֶת־מוֹרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.give to you Lord \[the\] bread of.distress and water oppression and not he.will.hide.himself again teachers your and they.will.be eyes your seeing (et) teachers your

*JPS 1917:* And though the Lord give you sparing bread and scant water, yet shall not thy Teacher hide Himself any more, but thine eyes shall see thy Teacher;

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