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Hebrew
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian (/*ganza-/, “treasure, depository”), from Old Median *ganǰam. Compare Persian گنج (ganj) and Mandaic ࡂࡉࡍࡆࡀ (ginza). See also גְּנָזִים (g'nazím) and גִּזְבָּר (gizbár) (ultimately from Old Median *ganǰabarah).
Noun
גְּנִיזָה • (g'nizá) f (plural indefinite גְּנִיזוֹת)
- archiving, storage, preservation, hiding
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Shabbat 16:1:וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁכְּתוּבִים בְּכָל לָשׁוֹן, טְעוּנִים גְּנִיזָה.- V-af al pi she-ktuvím b-khol lashón, t'uním g'nizá.
- And no matter what language they are written in, they require archiving.
- shelving
- genizah, depository where sacred items are kept before they can be properly buried
a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzi'a 20b:סֵפֶר תּוֹרָה חֲזֵי לְמִקְרָא בְּבָלוּי וְהָא בָּעֵי גְּנִיזָה שָׁם תְּהֵא גְּנִיזָתָהּ- Séfer Toráh ḥazéi l-miqrá. B-valúy, v-há ba'éi g'nizá? Sham t'héi g'nizatáh.
- A Pentateuch scroll is fit to read. For one that is worn out, doesn't it need a genizah? Its geniza is there!
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