כָּנַף kânaph — properly, to project laterally, i.e. probably (reflexive) to withdraw
Translated in the KJV as be removed.
a primitive root; properly, to project laterally, i.e. probably (reflexive) to withdraw.
kânaph in each stem
Niph'al
Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them
Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
יִכָּנֵ֥ף Isa 30:20 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›