כָּנָף

H3671. kanaph
כָּנָף109 noun feminine1Ki 6:27 (masculine Eze 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2Ch 3:11, 2Ch 3:13, but see Be), wing, extremity (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic כַּנְפָֿא, ; Zinjirli מראה בכנף אחז, figurative for attached himself to the party of his lord, PanammuInscr. l. 11, compare Zec 8:23 (2a below); DHMSendsch. 58; Arabic , Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ); — absolute ׳כ Gen 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף 1Ki 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי Eze 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ Rth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ Hag 2:12; dual כְּנָפַיִם 1Ki 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isa 6:2 (twice in verse); Eze 1:6, Eze 1:21); construct כַּנְפֵי Exo 19:4; suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ Eze 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ Jer 2:34, כְּנָפָיו Isa 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ Hos 4:19; Malachi 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם 1Ki 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן Eze 1:24-25, plural construct כַּנְפוֺת Deu 22:12 Deu 22:4t.; —
1 wing,
a. of birds Isa 10:14 (in figurative), Exo 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deu 32:11 (in simile), Zec 5:9; Lev 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, Job 39:26; Psa 68:14; in figure of invading king Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22; Eze 17:3, Eze 17:7; so apparently Isa 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate כְּנָפָיו מֻטּוֺת וְהָיָה from preceding); of riches, as flying away Pro 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִמּוֺר = winged birds Deu 4:17; Psa 148:10, כָּלכֿ ׳(עֵיט)צִמּוֺר Eze 39:4, Eze 39:17, כָּלכֿ צִמּוֺר ׳כֹּל Gen 7:14 (P), Eze 17:23, כ ׳עוֺף Gen 1:21 (P), Psa 78:27; also כ ׳בַּעַל Pro 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Ecc 10:20.
b. of insects (probably), כְּנָפָ֑יִם צִלְצַל אֶרֶץ 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; Thes1167b 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 1Ki 6:24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2Ch 3:11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Eze 1:6 Eze 1:17t. Ezekiel; Exo 25:20 (twice in verse); Exo 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).
d. of seraphim Isa 6:2 (twice in verse).
e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zec 5:9 (twice in verse).
f. figurative of the wind, Hos 4:19; Psa 18:11 = 2Sa 22:11; Psa 104:3.
g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psa 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.
h. figurative of ׳י, as protector of his people Psa 17:8; Psa 36:8; Psa 57:2; Psa 61:5; Psa 63:3; Psa 91:4; Rth 2:12.
2 extremity: —
a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1Sa 15:27; 1Sa 24:5; 1Sa 24:6; 1Sa 24:12 (twice in verse); Deu 22:12; Deu 23:1; Deu 27:20; Jer 2:34 (figurative), Eze 5:3; Eze 16:8 (in figurative), Hag 2:12 (twice in verse); Zec 8:23; Num 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RSSem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437).
b. of the earth, הָאָרֶץ מִכְּנַף Isa 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural הָא ׳כַּנְפוֺת Job 37:3; Job 38:13, and, def. כ ׳אַרְבַּע ׳הא Isa 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Eze 7:2. — מְשׁוֺמֵם שִׁקּוּצִים עַלכְּֿנַף 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.