ka.naph denotes wings, including those of birds and cherubim, and can also mark a garment edge or a land’s corners.

The term most often names the physical wings of birds or cherubim, described as spreading, touching, covering, lifting, or making sound. It also occurs for an edge of a garment, for the four corners of a cloak or land, and in imagery involving eagles, wind, an overflowing force, and flight.

1. Physical wings of birds and cherubim · dominant

   The forms denote the paired appendages of cherubim that spread, touch, and cover: in Exodus 25:20 the APB renders the cherubim as spreading their wings upward over the mercy seat, while in 1 Kings 6:27 their wings touch wall to wall and one another. In Ezekiel 1:24 the wings make a sound as the living creatures move, and in Deuteronomy 32:11 an eagle spreads them over its young.

   Exodus 25:201 Kings 6:27Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 10:16Deuteronomy 32:11Ezekiel 17:3
2. Edge or corner of a garment · occasional

   Singular construct forms occur in clothing contexts. In 1 Samuel 15:27 the APB renders Saul's grasp as taking the hem of Samuel's robe; in Deuteronomy 22:12 tassels are placed on the four corners of the cloak, and in Ezekiel 16:8 a garment is spread over the woman.

   1 Samuel 15:271 Samuel 24:5Deuteronomy 22:12Deuteronomy 27:20Ezekiel 16:8Ezekiel 5:3
3. Wings in figurative movement and expanse · occasional

   The term appears in figurative descriptions built on wings and flight. In Exodus 19:4 the APB renders Israel as lifted on eagles' wings, and in 2 Samuel 22:11 the speaker soars on the wings of the wind. Isaiah 8:8 describes outspread wings filling the breadth of the land, while Jeremiah 48:40 depicts one flying like an eagle and spreading wings against Moab.

   Exodus 19:42 Samuel 22:11Isaiah 8:8Jeremiah 48:40
4. Corners or outer reaches · rare

   Plural construct forms mark the fourfold extremities of a territory. In Ezekiel 7:2 the APB renders the clause as an end coming upon the four corners of Israel's land; Isaiah 11:12 similarly speaks of gathering Judah's dispersed from the four corners of the earth. Daniel 9:27 uses a singular construct form in the phrase rendered “upon the wing of abominations,” whose specific spatial force is less clear in the translation.

   Ezekiel 7:2Isaiah 11:12Daniel 9:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB commonly uses “wings” for the physical and figurative contexts, but also uses “hem,” “corners,” and “garment” in clothing and territorial contexts. These renderings present the clauses' sense rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.