כנף

כָּנָף(mostly) m. (b. h.; preced. wds.; cmp. גַּף II) (bend, 1) wing, wing-feather. Kel. XVII, 14 כְּנַף העוז things made of feathers of the sea-eagle; a. e.Du. כְּנָפַיִם, pl. כְּנָפִים, כַּנְפוֹת. Ib. Toh. I, 2. Ḥull.III, 4 נמרטו כנָפֶיהָ if the wing-feathers are plucked out, v. נוֹצָה. Ib. 7 כל שיש לו ארבע … כ׳ … וכְנָפָיווכ׳ that (locust) which has four feet and four wings …, and whose wings cover the larger portion of its body (is clean); a. fr. 2) border, lap. Sifré Num. 115 מן הכ׳, v. גְּדִילָה II. Ib. מצות כ׳ the law concerning the borders of garments (Num. 15:38).Pl. as ab. Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 3 (ref. to הראות ib.) אלו כַּנְפֵי הריאה those are the laps (extreme ends) of the lungs. Ḥull.45a. עד כנפי ריאה התחתונה to the borders of the lowest lung (of the animal suspended by its feet).Euphem. for a womans lap (pudenda). Yeb.4a; 49a (expl. Deut. 23:1) כ׳ שראה אביו the lap which his father has seen, i. e. any woman with whom his father has had sexual connection. 3) cover. Pesik. Zakh., p. 29a>; Pesik. R. s. 12; Tanḥ. Ki Thetsé 11 (ref. to יִכָּנֵף, Is. 30:20) כל זמן … כ׳ מכסהוכ׳ as long as the seed of Amalek survives, it is as if a cover hid the face (of Divinity) 4) (pl.) hands, arms; (of animals) shoulders, forelegs. Pes.VII, 11 (84a) ראשי כ׳ the cartilaginous tops of the forelegs. Y.Naz.VI, 55c bot. (ref. to Num. 6:19) בין שיש לו כ׳וכ׳ whether or not he has hands (to receive the offerings; Bab. ib. 46b כַּפַּיִם). Tosef.Dem.II, 11 מקבלין לכ׳ we accept a ḥaber (v. חָבֵר), if he promises to observe levitical cleanness of hands; Bekh.30b. Y.Dem.II, 23a top מקריבין לכ׳. Ib. כ׳ מדפותוכ׳ the laws concerning hands, , v. מִדָּף.אלישע בעל כ׳ one Elisha, a ḥaber observing cleanness of hands. Y.Ber.I, 4c bot.; Sabb.49a; 130a (legendary origin of the surname).Lev. R. s. 32 בעל כ׳ the winged angel. 5) curved attachments, handles Kel. XI, 6; Tosef. ib. B. Mets.I, 7, v. סִימְפּוֹנְיָא. Kel. XIV, 4 הכ׳ המקבלותוכ׳ the curves on the harness for holding the reins; ib. 5 כ׳ העשוים לנוי for ornament.Trnsf. כנפי השכינה or כ׳ divine protection; תחת כ׳ הש׳ under the wings of divine Majesty, i. e. belief and faith in God, Jewish religion. Lev. R. s. 2 פושטין … להכניסו תחת כ׳ הש׳ we must reach out a hand to him (the proselyte) in order to take him in Mekh. Bshall., Amalek, s.2 לאבד … מתחת כְּנָפֶיךָ to lead thy people away from the faith in thee.Ruth R. to II, 12; a. fr.