כָּנָף

1. wing,
\ \ a. of birds Es 10,14 (in figurative), 2 Mos 19,4 (E ? R ? figurative) 5 Mos 32,11 (in simile), Zak 5,9; 3 Mos 1,17 (P), Job 39,13; Job 39,26; Sl 68,14 in figure of invading king Jer 48,40; Jer 49,22; Ezk 17,3; Ezk 17,7 so apparently Es 8,8 of invader as overflowing river (but Du Che separate וְהָיָה מֻטּוֺת כְּנָפָיו from preceding); of riches, as flying away Ord 23,5 in phrase צִפּוֺר כָּנָף = winged birds 5 Mos 4,17; Sl 148,10, ׳(עֵיט)צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ Ezk 39,4; Ezk 39,17, ׳כֹּל צִפּוֺר כָּלכֿ 1 Mos 7,14 (P), Ezk 17,23, ׳עוֺף כ 1 Mos 1,21 (P), Sl 78,27 also ׳בַּעַל כ Ord 1,17 = winged thing, compare בַּעַלהֿ֯כְּנָפַיִם Praed 10,20.
\ \ b. of insects (probably), אֶרֶץ צִלְצַל כְּנָפָ֑יִם Es 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^{1167 b of} noise of the wings of an army; reference to sails as wings — compare vEs 18,2 — would be suitable, but צִלְצַל does not favour this).
\ \ c. of cherubim 1 Kong 6,24 (4 t. in verse) + 8 t. Kings, compare 2 Kron 3,11 (4 t. in verse) + 6 t. Chronicles; Ezk 1,6 + 17 t. Ezekiel; 2 Mos 25,20 (twice in verse); 2 Mos 39,9 (twice in verse) (all P).
\ \ d. of seraphim Es 6,2 (twice in verse).
\ \ e. of women in Zechariah's vision Zak 5,9 (twice in verse). feminine figurative of the wind, Hos 4,19; Sl 18,11 = 2 Sam 22,11; Sl 104,3.
\ \ g. figurative of the dawn (winged sun-disc ?) Sl 139,9, compare of sun of righteousness Mal 3,20.
\ \ h. figurative of ׳י, as protector of his people Sl 17,8; Sl 36,8; Sl 57,2; Sl 61,5; Sl 63,3; Sl 91,4; Rut 2,12.

2. extremity: —
\ \ a. of garment = skirt, corner, or loose flowing end, 1 Sam 15,27; 1 Sam 24,5; 1 Sam 24,6; 1 Sam 24,12 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 22,12; 5 Mos 23,1; 5 Mos 27,20; (figurative), Ezk 5,3; Ezk 16,8 (in figurative), Hag 2,12 (twice in verse); Zak 8,23; 4 Mos 15,38 (twice in verse) (P; compare RS^{Sem, i. 416, 2nd ed. 437}).
\ \ b. of the earth, מִכְּנַף הָאָרֶץ Es 24,16 from the end of the earth; elsewhere plural ׳כַּנְפוֺת הָא Job 37,3; Job 38,13, and, def. ׳הא ׳אַרְבַּע כ Es 11,12 the four corners of the earth; so of the holy land Ezk 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; < Kue^{Onderzoek 2, ii. 472} Bev, who read עַלכַּֿנּוֺ in its place, instead of it.