H3671. kanaph

כָּנָף‎₁₀₉ noun feminine^{1 Kings 6:27} (masculine Ezekiel 7:2 Kt, but compare Qr and Co; also apparently 2 Chronicles 3:11, 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, Panammu^{Inscr. l. 11,} compare Zechariah 8:23 (2a below); DHM^{Sendsch. 58}; Arabic , Assyrian kappu, Ethiopic ); — absolute ׳כ‎ Genesis 1:21 +; construct כְּנַף‎ 1 Kings 6:24 +; suffix כְּנָפִי‎ Ezekiel 16:8, כְּנָפֶ֑ךָ‎ Ruth 3:9, כְּנָפוֺ‎ Haggai 2:12; dual כְּנָפַיִם‎ 1 Kings 8:7 + (even of more than two, Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:6, 21); construct כַּנְפֵי‎ Exodus 19:4; suffix כְּנָפֶיךָ‎ Ezekiel 5:3, כְּנָפַיִךְ‎ Jeremiah 2:34, כְּנָפָיו‎ Isaiah 8:8 +; כְּנָפֶיהָ‎ Hosea 4:19; Malachi 3:20; כַּנְפֵיהֶם‎ 1 Kings 6:27 +; כַנְפֵיהֶן‎ Ezekiel 1:24-25, plural construct כַּנְפוֺת‎ Deuteronomy 22:12 4t.; —

1 wing,

a. of birds Isaiah 10:14 (in figurative), Exodus 19:4 (E ? R ? figurative) Deuteronomy 32:11 (in simile), Zechariah 5:9; Leviticus 1:17 (P), Job 39:13, 26; Psalm 68:14; in figure of invading king Jeremiah 48:40; 49:22; Ezekiel 17:3, 7; so apparently Isaiah 8:8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate כְּנָפָיו מֻטּוֺת וְהָיָה‎ from preceding); of riches, as flying away Proverbs 23:5; in phrase כָּנָף צִמּוֺר‎ = winged birds Deuteronomy 4:17; Psalm 148:10, כָּלכֿ ׳(עֵיט)צִמּוֺר‎ Ezekiel 39:4, 17, כָּלכֿ צִמּוֺר ׳כֹּל‎ Genesis 7:14 (P), Ezekiel 17:23, כ ׳עוֺף‎ Genesis 1:21 (P), Psalm 78:27; also כ ׳בַּעַל‎ Proverbs 1:17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם‎ Ecclesiastes 10:20.

b. of insects (probably), כְּנָפָ֑יִם צִלְצַל אֶרֶץ‎ Isaiah 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; Thes^{1167b of} noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare 18:2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל‎ does not favour this).

c. of cherubim 1 Kings 6:24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2 Chronicles 3:11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Ezekiel 1:6 17t. Ezekiel; Exodus 25:20 (twice in verse); 39:9 (twice in verse) (all P).

d. of seraphim Isaiah 6:2 (twice in verse).

e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zechariah 5:9 (twice in verse).

f. figurative of the wind, Hosea 4:19; Psalm 18:11 = 2 Samuel 22:11; Psalm 104:3.

g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Psalm 139:9, compare of sun of righteousness Malachi 3:20.

h. figurative of ׳י‎, as protector of his people Psalm 17:8; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:3; 91:4; Ruth 2:12.

2 extremity: —

a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Samuel 15:27; 24:5; 24:6; 24:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 22:12; 23:1; 27:20; Jeremiah 2:34 (figurative), Ezekiel 5:3; 16:8 (in figurative), Haggai 2:12 (twice in verse); Zechariah 8:23; Numbers 15:38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RS^{Sem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437}).

b. of the earth, הָאָרֶץ מִכְּנַף‎ Isaiah 24:16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural הָא ׳כַּנְפוֺת‎ Job 37:3; 38:13, and, def. כ ׳אַרְבַּע ׳הא‎ Isaiah 11:12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezekiel 7:2. — מְשׁוֺמֵם שִׁקּוּצִים עַלכְּֿנַף‎ Daniel 9:27 is obscure; Meinh reads, after Vrss., כָּנָף‎, on the corner (of the altar) is a devastating abomination; < Kue^{Onderzoek 2, ii. 472} Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ‎ in its place, instead of it.