BDB4099
כָּנָף109
noun feminine
1Kgs 6:27
(masculine
Ezek 7:2
Kt
, but compare
Qr
and Co; also apparently 2Chr 3:11; 2Chr 3:13, but see Be
), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא
,
[untranscribed source text 2570]; Zinjirli אחז בכנף מראה, figurative for attached himself to the
party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zech 8:23 (2.a.
below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 2571], Assyrian
kappu
, Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 2572]); — absolute ׳
כ
Gen 1:21 +;
construct כְּנַף
1Kgs 6:24
+; suffix כְּנָפִי
Ezek 16:8
, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ
Ruth 3:9,
כְּנָפוֺ
Hag 2:12
dual כְּנָפַיִם
1Kgs 8:7 +
(even of more than two, Isa
6:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 1:6; Ezek 1:21); construct כַּנְפֵי
Exod 19:4
suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ
Ezek 5:3,
כְּנָפַיִךְ
Jer 2:34,
כְּנָפָיו
Isa 8:8 +;
כְּנָפֶיהָ
Hos 4:19;
Mal 3:20
כַּנְפֵיהֶם
1Kgs 6:27
+; כַנְפֵיהֶן
Ezek 1:24
; Ezek 1:25
plural construct כַּנְפוֺת
Deut 22:12
+ 4 t.; —
1.
wing,
a. of birds Isa 10:14 (in figurative), Exod 19:4
(
E
?
R
? figurative) Deut 32:11 (in simile), Zech 5:9; Lev 1:17 (
P
), Job
39:13; Job 39:26; Ps 68:14 in figure of
invading king
Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22; Ezek 17:3; Ezek
17:7 so apparently Isa 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du
Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו
from preceding); of riches, as flying away Prov 23:5 in phrase צִפּוֺר כָּנָף
= winged birds
Deut 4:17
; Ps
148:10, ׳
(עֵיט)צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ
Ezek
39:4; Ezek 39:17, ׳
כֹּל צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ
Gen 7:14
(
P
),
Ezek 17:23, ׳
עוֺף כ
Gen 1:21
(
P
), Ps
78:27 also ׳
בַּעַל כ
Prov
1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם
Eccl 10:20.
b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל
כְּנָפָ֑יִם
Isa 18:1
buzzing, or humming of wings, i.e. Ethiopia, so called
from its swarms of flies, with especial reference possibly to the tsetse-fly (so
Du, compare Che; id.,
in general, Hi
De; > Kn
Di of the tropical shadow falling both ways
; Thes1167 b of
noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare Isa 18:2
— would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
c.
of cherubim 1Kgs 6:24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2Chr
3:11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Ezek 1:6 + 17 t. Ezekiel; Exod 25:20 (twice
in verse); Exod 39:9
(twice in verse) (all
P
).
d. of seraphim Isa 6:2 (twice in verse).
e.
of women in Zechariah's vision Zech 5:9 (twice in verse).
f. figurative of the
wind,
Hos 4:19; Ps 18:11 = 2Sam 22:11; Ps 104:3.
g.
figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Ps 139:9, compare of sun of
righteousness Mal
3:20.
h. figurative of ׳
י, as protector of his people Ps 17:8; Ps 36:8; Ps 57:2; Ps 61:5
;
Ps 63:3; Ps
91:4; Ruth
2:12.
2.
extremity: —
a. of garment = skirt, corner
, or loose flowing end, 1Sam 15:27; 1Sam 24:5; 1Sam 24:6; 1Sam
24:12 (twice in verse); Deut 22:12; Deut 23:1; Deut 27:20;
(figurative), Ezek 5:3; Ezek 16:8 (in figurative), Hag 2:12
(twice in verse); Zech 8:23; Num 15:38 (twice in verse) (
P
; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ
Isa
24:16
from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural ׳
כַּנְפוֺת הָא
Job 37:3
; Job
38:13, and, def. ׳
הא
׳
אַרְבַּע כ
Isa
11:12
the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezek 7:2. —
עַלכְּֿנַף שִׁקּוּצִים מְשׁוֺמֵם
Dan 9:27
is obscure; Meinh reads, after
Vrss.
, כָּנָף, on the corner (of the altar)
is a devastating abomination; < KueOnderzoek
2, ii. 472
Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ
in its place, instead of it.