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knp, knpˀ (knep̄, kenp̄ā) n.f./(m.) wing
1
wing
Qumran, JLAtg, Gal, PTA, CPA, Sam, Syr, Man
11QtgJob 33.8=39:26↗ כנפו̇ה̇[י] לרוחין̇‏ ; TgO Ex19:4var.↗ וְנַטֵילִית יָתְכוֹן כִיד עַל גַדפֵי/כנפי/ נִשרִין‏ ; GT F Exod19:4↗ וס̊בל̊ת י̊ת̊כ̊ון על עננין קלילין היך על כנפי נשרין‏ : I carried you upon fast-moving clouds as upon eagles' wings ; CPA Psalms16:8↗ ܘܒܟܘܣܝܗܘܢ ܕܟܢܦܟ ܬܝܟܣܐ ܝܬ݁ܝ‏ ; SamTgJ Ex19:4↗ כנפי נשרים‏ ; P Ex25:20↗ ܘܡܟܣܝܢ ܒܟܢ̈ܦܝܗܘܢ ܥܠ ܚܘܣܝܐ‏ ; ATS 1.2:1065 ↗ ˁdia uligria litlẖ ulitlẖ ganpia ḏṣipra : he has no hands or feet and has no bird's wings
(1)
בַת כַנפָא : a class of raptor or very large bird
JLAtg
TgO Deut14:13↗ וֻבַת כַנפָא וְטָרָפִיתָא וְדָיתָא לִזנַה‏
2
side, margin
CPA, Syr, Man, LJLA
PJ Deut22:12↗ חוטי ציציית מן עמר תהון מרשן למעבד לכון על ארבע כנפי גולייתכון‏ : you will be permitted to make yourselves woolen fringe threads on the four sides of your cloaks
(1)
skirt of garment
OfAEg, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA
TgJ Hos4:19↗ כְמָא דְלֵית אִפשָר לִמצָר רוּחַ בִכנַף‏ : as it is impossible to lock up the wind in a fold of a garment ; P 1S15:27↗ ܟܢܦܐ ܕܦܪܝܣܗ‏ ; P Lk8:44↗ ܘܩܸܪܒܲܬ ܠܟܸܢܦܵܐ ܕܡܵܐܢܸܗ‏ : and she touched the fringe of his garment ; BT Pes 113a(10)↗ סלקת לאיגרא שרותך בכנפך‏ : if you go up to the roof, have your meal in your skirt ; Pishra D-ainia 388 ↗ ˁtingid kanpa uˁtaram ˁl rišiẖ : her skirt got pulled and lifted up to her head ; PJ Deut22:12↗ ארבע כנפי גולייתכון דתתעטפון בה ביממא‏ : the four skirts (or: edges) of your garment that you wrap yourself in during the day
(1)
with "uncovering" : the sexual act
PTA, Syr, LJLA
TN Deut23:1↗ ולא \יבזי כנף עריתה /יפרסם כנפה/ דאבוי‏ : he must not expose his father’s naked skirt (var.: expose his skirt) ; P Dt23:1↗ ܠܐ ܢܣܒ ܓܒܪܐ ܐܢܬܬ ܐܒܘܗܝ܂ ܘܠܐ ܢܓܠܐ ܟܢܦܐ ܕܐܒܘܗܝ‏ ; PJ Deut23:1↗ text not cited
(2)
fig.:
LJLA
TgEsth2 9:14(14)↗ צליבנן יתך ולבניך תחות כנפך‏ : we have crucified you and your sons beneath your skirts
(2)
esp.: the ends of the earth
Qumran, CPA, Syr, JBAmb
11QtgJob 30.10=38:13↗ text not cited ; JSBhom 71day3 890↗ ܘܲܒܟܸܢ̈ܦܵܬܵܗ݀ ܐܲܘܒܸܠ ܣܵܡܸܗ ܘܲܓܠܵܐ ܐܲܦܸܝ̈ܗ݀‏ : he brought and placed (i.e., he spread out the water) into its ends (of the earth) and revealed its surface ; JSBhom 71day7 2725↗ ܐܲܫܘܼܝ ܐܸܢܸܝܢ ܟܲܕ ܣܵܡ ܐܸܢܸܝܢ ܒܲܐܬܪ̈ܲܘܵܬܵܐ܀ ܘܲܬܩܲܠ ܣܵܡ ܒܵܗ݀ ܝܽܘܩܪܵܐ ܫܲܘܝܵܐ ܥܲܠ ܟܸܢ̈ܦܵܬܵܗ݀‏ : He made (the mountains) equal when He placed them here and there, and weighing placed equal weight in (the earth's as a scale) sides ; JBABowl 56.1:14↗ מארבע כנפי ארעה‏
(3)
construct as prep. : on the side of
Man
GS 37:23↗ dalulẖ lhaza nišimta knap hiia : they drew up this soul next to Life
3
bosom, lap, skirt
Syr, JBA, Man
SYAP 24:19↗ ינקי חלבא שחטו בכנף אמא‏ : they slaughtered nursing babes in their mother's lap ; JulSok 473(233):25↗ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܛܥܝܢܢ ܒܟܪ̈ܣܬܗܝܢ ܥܡ ܐܝܠܝܢ ܕܫܩܝܠܢ ܒܟ̈ܢܦܬܗܝܢ‏ : those woman pregnant in their bellies along with those carrying on their laps ; BT BB 12b(23)↗ הוה יתבה בכנפיה דאבוה‏ : she was sitting in her father's lap
(1)
with mly : to provide for
Syr, Man
IAB 120:8 ܡܠܝ ܠܗ ܟܢܦܗ ܘܫܕܪܝܗܝ‏ : provide for him and send him off ; JohnBook 107:11↗ ukanpẖ ḏarmalta mla
4
fig.:
(1)
battlement
Syr
(2)
(architecture) highest point of a structure, pinnacle
CPA, Syr, Man
P Lk4:9↗ ܟܸ݁ܢܦ݂ܵܐ ܕ݁ܗܲܝܟ݁ܠܵܐ‏ : the pinnacle of the temple ; SidraDNishmata 46.62:6 ↗ arbia zauia šumia ušaba kanpẖ ḏrqiha : the four corners of the sky and the seven peaks of the firmament
(3)
(military) flank, troop
Syr, Man
IMac7a1 9:16↗ ܘܟܢܦܐ ܕܣܡܠܐ ܚܙܘ ܕܐܬܬܒܪܬ ܟܢܦܐ ܕܝܡܝܢܐ‏ : those on the left flank saw that the right flank had been routed ; IshIsa 14:19↗ ܡܢ ܟܢܦ̈ܘܗܝ܂ ܗܢܘ܂ ܚܝܠܘ̈ܬܗ ܕܐܬܘܪܝܐ‏ ; GY 42:9↗ haila uzaina uqraba utaktuš<a> ukanpa ugunda ḏkanpia : (do not rely on) an army, weaponry, battle, fighting, flank, and a troop of flanks
(4)
fig. : small bay
Syr
P Acts27:39↗ ܚܵܪܘ ܥܲܠ ܓܸܢܼܒ݂ ܝܲܒ݂ܫܵܐ ܟܸܢܦ݂ܵܐ ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܕܝܲܡܵܐ‏ : they saw a single small bay of the sea on the side of the shore
5
metaph: protection
Syr, Man, LJLA
TgEsth2 9:14(14)↗ ולמשציא יתן מתחות כנפוי דאבונן דבשמי‏ : to eliminate us from beneath the wings of our father in heaven
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plural both masculine and feminine morphology
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Although this word is used for a literal "wing" it is much more commonly found in a figurative sense, while gdp is used for the physical wing. Moreover, the Palestinian targumim only use this (i.e., Hebrew) word, while gdp is regular elsewhere.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 636[334]DJPA: 264aDJBA: 589bJastrow: 651Drower/Macuch: 199a, 208aJ. Payne-Smith: 218bLevy Ch-W: 1:371Tal Sam: 397DNWSI: 519DISO: 123Audo: 1:470DCPA[Schulthess]: 181[95]Qumran: 116

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