Wing Body Part

כָּנָף109 n.f. 1 K 6:27 (m. 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;— 1. wing, †a. 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. †b. 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). c. 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). †d. of seraphim Is 6:2(×2) †e. of women in Zec.’s vision Zc 5:9(×2). †f. fig. of the wind, Ho 4:19 ψ 18:11 = 2 S 22:11, ψ 104:3. †g. fig. of the dawn (winged sun-disc?) ψ 139:9, cf. of sun of righteousness Mal 3:20. †h. fig. of י׳, as protector of his people ψ 17:8; 36:8; 57:2; 61:5; 63:5; 91:4 Ru 2:12. †2. extremity.— a. 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. b. 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.

πτέρυξ (πτερύξ Refs 3rd c.BC+, ῠγος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural πτερύγεσσι: (πτερόν):—wing of a bird, Refs 8th c.BC+; λευκὴ πτεροῖσι, πλὴν.. ἄκρων τῶν πτερύγων white in its plumage, save.. the tips of the wings, of the ibis, Refs 5th c.BC+; of Eros and Nike, Refs 4th c.BC+ 'trying your wings', Refs 4th c.AD+ __2 winged creature, bird, Refs 4th c.AD+ __3 flight, augury, omen, ποίων (i.e. ὀρνίχων) οὐκ ἀγαθαὶ πτέρυγες Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II anything like a wing, __II.1 in plural,= πτερύγια, fins of fish, Refs 4th c.BC+; flippers of seals, Refs 4th c.BC+; of dolphins and whales, Refs; of the tortoise, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II.2 plural, feathery foliage, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2.b ={ἄσπληνος}Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.3 blade of the steering-paddle, Refs: hence, rudder, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἑξήρετμοι π., of oars, Refs __II.4 flap of a cuirass, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Doric dialect χιτών, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.5 broad edge of a knife or hunting-spear, Refs 1st c.AD+; beak of the sword-fish (variant{ῥύγχος}), Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.6 lobe of the lungs, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.7 point of a building, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.8 front frame of a torsion-engine, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __II.9 shoulder-blade, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.10 in plural, title of poem whose lines form a pattern like wings, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.11 plural, sails, Refs 4th c.BC+ __III anything that covers or protects like wings, π. πέπλων Refs 5th c.BC+; κολπώδη πτέρυγ᾽ Εὐβοίας, i.e. Aulis, Refs; of a mountain, Λιβάνου πτέρυγες Refs 5th c.AD+ __III.2 fence, wall, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __IV metaphorically, πτέρυγες γόων the wings, i.e. the flight or flow, of grief, Refs 5th c.BC+

† סְנַפִּיר n.[m.] fin (NH id.; quadrilit. according to Sta§ 243; Fl LevyNHWB iii. 725 a cp. Aramaic סִמְפּוֹרִין points, nails, and der. this from סַמֵּר vb. nail, with infixed פ (LevyChWBii. 570 b));—Lv 11:9, 10, 12 = Dt 14:9, 10.

† אֶבְרָה n.f. pinion (nom. unit., poet.) of ostrich Jb 39:13; אֶבְרָתוֹ of eagle, sim. for י׳ Dt 32:11; metaph. of י׳ ψ 91:4; אֶבְרוֹתֶיהָ of dove ψ 68:14; (all ‖ כּנף).

† נוֹצָה n.f. plumage (cf. poss. Arabic نَاصِيَةٌ hair over forehead, fore-lock of horse, Lane3033; v. also Assyrian na-aṣ kappe);—of eagle מָלֵא הַנּ׳ Ez 17:3 (fig. of Nebuch.; + כָּנָף, אֵבֶר); also רַב נ׳ v 7 (fig. of kg. of Egypt; + כָּנָף); of ostrich נֹצָה Jb 39:13 (‖ כנף, + אֶבְרָה; cf. Di Bu). Here belongs prob. also בְּנֹצָתָהּ Lv 1:16, read בְּנֹצָתֹה (Dr-WhHpt), בנצתו (Sam), or וְ(אֶת־) נֹצָתוֹ (cf. Di) its feathers, of bird for burnt-offering; 𝔊 σὺν τοῖς πτεροῖς, 𝔙 et plumas; so AV RVm; > with its filth (i.e. of the crop) 𝔗Onk 𝔖 Ges Kn Ke Kal Ew RV, meaning without evidence elsewhere.

† אֵ֫בֶר n.[m.] pinions (from strength, poet. & fig., pl. in sense) as of dove ψ 55:7; eagle Is 40:31; אֶרֶךְ הָא׳ of king, of Babyl. under fig. of eagle Ez 17:3 (‖ גְּדוֹל הַכְּנָפַיִם of broad, overshadowing wings).

† [גַּף] n.f. Dn 7:4 wing of bird (𝔗 גַּף, גַּפָּא, גַּנְפָּא (? DWB 79), Syriac ܓܶܦܳܐ; akin to BH אֲגַף, Assyrian agappu? according to NöM 77 (cf.Mand. גאדפא, 𝔗 גַּדְפָּא), Id. GGA, 1884, 1019, √ גדף, Arabic جَذَفَ, جَدَفَ fly, row (but this loan-word Frä 227));—pl. abs. wings, גַּפִּין Dn 7:4, 6; sf. גַּפַּיהּ v 4 Kt (Qr sg. גַּפַּהּ).

πτερῠγ-ιον, τό, diminutive of πτέρυξ, Refs 4th c.BC+. __II anything like a wing. __II.1 in plural, fins of fish, Refs; of the tail-flaps of a lobster, Refs; of certain sea-slugs, Refs; fins of the sepia and other cuttle-fish, πτερύγι᾽.. σηπίας ὠπτημένα Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 horns of the horned owl, Refs __II.3 end or tip of the rudder, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a pole, Refs 5th c.AD+ __II.4 in a building, turret or battlement, or (as others) pointed roof, peak, NT __II.5 flap, fold LXX+4th c.BC+; flap of a cuirass, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.6 in the body, part of the shoulderblade, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the ear, parts joining the temples,Refs 5th c.AD+; of the nose, parts joining the cheeks, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.7 in Medicine texts, disease of the eye when a membrane grows over it from the inner corner, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.8 fleshy excrescence on the nails, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II.9 plural,= του ={πνεύμονος τοῦ λοβοῦ τὰ ἄκρα}, Refs 5th c.AD+ __II.10 plural, flanges holding the projector of a torsion-engine, Refs 3rd c.BC+

† II. צִיץ n.[m.] meaning dubious; only in תְּנוּ־צִיץ לְמוֹאָב Je 48:9 usually (after AW Ra Ki al.) wings (coll.) (cf. Aramaic צִיץ wing, fin, Thes Gf al.);* cf. PerlesAnal. 46, who reads נוֹצִיץ (wing-) feathers (as in Aramaic); 𝔊 σημεια, whence Gie sing-post, reading צִיּוּן,—or נֵס,—(indicating flight).