גנב

See also: גנבֿ‎

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܓܢܒ‎

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
    • 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 • (ganáv) m [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. thief

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: גנבֿ‎ (ganef)

References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Noun

גנב • (ganef) m, plural גנבים‎ (ganovem)

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