دنت منية فلان
So-and-so's death has drawn near.
The noun maniyya ordinarily refers to death, and the sentence about its nearness is readily intelligible. In “the claws of death,” however, claws are assigned to death, although claws are a property of bodily predators rather than a literal organ of death.
ExpressionSense of maniyyaIssue analyzed
Death drew nearDeath itselfContext of predication
Claws of deathDeath itselfAttribution of claws
The analytical difference need not be a new lexical sense for maniyya every time; it lies in the accompanying predication and rhetorical picture.