--- title: כָּנָף — wing · The Tanakh dictionary description: כָּנָף (3671), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 109 times: wing. BDB 1906: n.f. wing, extremity. 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Ez 7:2 Kt, but cf. Qr and Co; also appar. 2 Ch 3:11, 13, but v. Be), wing, extremity (NH id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ܟܶܢܦܳܐ; Zinj. אחז בכנף מראה, fig. for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInser. l. 11, cf. Zc 8:23 (2 a infr.); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic كَنَفٌ, Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ክንፍ );—abs. כ׳ Gn 1:21 +; cstr. כְּנַף 1 K 6:24 +; sf. כְּנָפִי Ez 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Ru 3:9, כְּנָפוֹ Hg 2:12; du. כְּנָפַיִם 1 K 8:7 + (even of more than two, Is 6:2(×2) Ez 1:6, 21); cstr. כַּנְפֵי Ex 19:4; sf. כְּנָפֶיךָ Ez 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Je 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Is 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Ho 4:19 Mal 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1 K 6:27 +; כַּנְפֵיהֶן Ez 1:24, 25; pl. cstr. כַּנְפוֹת Dt 22:12 + 4 times;— wing, of birds Is 10:14 (in fig.), Ex 19:4 (E? R? fig.) Dt 32:11 (in sim.), Zc 5:9 Lv 1:17 (P), Jb 39:13, 26 ψ 68:14; in fig. of invading king Je 48:40; 49:22 Ez 17:3, 7; so appar. Is 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֹת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Pr 23:5; in phr. צִפּוֹר כָּנָף = winged birds Dt 4:17 ψ 148:10, (עֵיט)צִפּוֹר כָּל־כ׳ Ez 39:4, 17, כֹּל צִפּוֹר כָּל־כ׳ Gn 7:14 (P), Ez 17:23, עוֹף כ׳ Gn 1:21 (P), ψ 78:27; also בַּעַל כ׳ Pr 1:17 = winged thing, cf. בַּעַל־ה֯כְּנָפַיִם Ec 10:20. of insects (prob.), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Is 18:1 buzzing, or humming of wings, i. e. Ethiopia, so called from its swarms of flies, with especial ref. poss. to the tsetse-fly (so Du, cf. Che; id., in gen., Hi De; \> Kn Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways; Thes1167 b of noise of the wings of an army; ref. to sails as wings—cf. v 2—would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this). of cherubim 1 K 6:24(×4) + 8 times K, cf. 2 Ch 3:11(×4) + 6 times Ch, Ez 1:6 + 17 times Ez, Ex 25:20(×2) 39:9(×2) (all P). of seraphim Is 6:2(×2) of women in Zec.’s vision Zc 5:9(×2). fig. of the wind, Ho 4:19 ψ 18:11 = 2 S 22:11, ψ 104:3. fig. of the dawn (winged sun-disc?) ψ 139:9, cf. of sun of righteousness Mal 3:20. fig. of י׳, as protector of his people ψ 17:8; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:5; 91:4 Ru 2:12. extremity.— of garment, =skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 S 15:27; 24:5, 6, 12(×2) Dt 22:12; 23:1; 27:20 Je 2:34 (fig.), Ez 5:3; 16:8 (in fig.), Hg 2:12(×2) Zc 8:23 Nu 15:38(×2) (P; cf. RSSem i. 416, 2nd ed. 437) Ru 3:9. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Is 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere pl. כַּנְפוֹת הָא׳ Jb 37:3; 38:13, and, def. אַרְבַּע כ׳ הא׳ Is 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ez 7:2.—עַל־כְּנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֹמֵם Dn 9:27 is obscure; Meinh. reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; Onderzoek 2, ii. 472 Bev, who read עַל־כַּנּוֹ in its place, instead of it. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 67 of its verses cited, 2 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, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «כָּנָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3671/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Psalms 139:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.9/) אֶשָּׂ֥א כַנְפֵי־שָׁ֑חַר אֶ֝שְׁכְּנָ֗ה בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית יָֽם׃ *Word for word:* I.will.rise.up \[the\].wings of.dawn I.dwell at.\[the\] end of.\[the\].sea *JPS 1917:* If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; [Job 39:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.39.13/) כְּנַף־רְנָנִ֥ים נֶעֱלָ֑סָה אִם־אֶ֝בְרָ֗ה חֲסִידָ֥ה וְנֹצָֽה׃ *Word for word:* \[the\].wing of.ostriches it.flaps.joyously if a.pinion a.stork and plumage *JPS 1917:* The wing of the ostrich beateth joyously; but are her pinions and feathers the kindly stork's? - ← previous: [כָּנַף](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3670.md) - next →: [כִּנֶּרֶת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3672.md) - ↑ back to [כ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1499-2.md)