גנב

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See also: גנבֿ

Aramaic

Alternative forms

Verb

גנב (transliteration needed)

  1. to steal

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־נ־ב (g-n-b)

Compare Arabic جَنَّبَ (jannaba, to put aside, keep away)

Pronunciation

Verb

גָּנַב (ganáv) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נִגְנַב)

  1. (transitive) to steal
    • Tanach, Genesis 31:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְלָבָן הָלַךְ לִגְזֹז אֶת־צֹאנוֹ וַתִּגְנֹב רָחֵל אֶת־הַתְּרָפִים אֲשֶׁר לְאָבִיהָ׃
      v'laván halákh ligzóz 'et-tsonó vatignóv rakhél 'et-hat'rafím 'ashér l'avíha.
      wəlāḇān hālaḵ liḡzōz ʾeṯ-ṣōnō wattiḡnōḇ rāḥēl ʾeṯ-hattərāp̄īm ʾăšer ləʾāḇī́hā.
      Now Laban was gone to shear his sheep. And Rachel stole the teraphim that were her father’s.

Conjugation

Noun

גַּנָּב (ganávm

  1. thief

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Yiddish: גנבֿ (ganef)

References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Noun

גנב (ganefm, plural גנבים (ganovem)

  1. (nonstandard) Unpointed form of גנבֿ (ganef).