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Strong's #3670 - כָּנַף
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1) (Niphal) to be put or thrust in or into a corner, be hidden from view, be cornered, be thrust aside
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2269) pnk (כנפ KNP) AC: Hide CO: Wing AB: ?: The mother bird hides its young in her wings. [from: nk- gathering]
V) pnk (כנפ KNP) - Hide: As hidden in the wings of a bird. KJV (1): (vf: Niphal) corner - Strongs: H3670 (כָּנַף)
Nf) pnk (כנפ KNP) - Wing: Also the wings of a garment. KJV (108): wing, skirt, border, corner, end, feathered, sort - Strongs: H3671 (כָּנָף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Niph`al be cornered, thrust into a corner, or aside; — Imperfect 3 masculine singular וְלֹא יִכָּנֵף עוֺד מוֺרֶי֔ךָ Isaiah 30:20 and no more shall thy teachers be thrust into a corner (compare Di); > others, who render hide themselves, (compare Arabic 
enclose, guard, but this rather for protection).
כנר (possibly √ of following; meaning unknown).
כָּנַף [unused in Kal], i.q. Arabic كنف to cover, to cover over; whence כָּנָף a covering, a wing. (Comp. the root עוּף.)
Niphal, to cover over oneself, to hide oneself away, Isaiah 30:20, לֹא־יִבָּנֵף עוֹד מוֹרֶיךָ “thy teachers shall no more hide themselves,” i.e. they shall be able to appear in public, without being any more troubled by persecutors. So Abulwalid, and Yarchi; see my Comment. Hence
