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# כָּנַף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3670

**be cornered** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be cornered [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

כָּנַף: vb. denom. Niph. be cornered into corner, or aside [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. from כָּנָף 2. only Niph. be cornered, thrust into a corner, or aside;—Impf. 3 ms. וְלֹא יִכָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיֹךָ Is 30:20 and no more shall thy teachers be thrust into a corner (cf. Di); \> others, who render hide themselves, (cf. Arabic كَنَفَ enclose, guard, but this rather for protection).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will hide himself (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 30:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.20/#tree)

וְנָתַ֨ן לָכֶ֧ם אֲדֹנָ֛י לֶ֥חֶם צָ֖ר וּמַ֣יִם לָ֑חַץ וְלֹֽא־יִכָּנֵ֥ף עוֹד֙ מוֹרֶ֔יךָ וְהָי֥וּ עֵינֶ֖יךָ רֹא֥וֹת אֶת־מוֹרֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.give to you Lord \[the\] bread of.distress and water oppression and not he.will.hide.himself again teachers your and they.will.be eyes your seeing (et) teachers your

*JPS 1917:* And though the Lord give you sparing bread and scant water, yet shall not thy Teacher hide Himself any more, but thine eyes shall see thy Teacher;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3670.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1499/3670/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).