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גנב

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See also: גנבֿ

Aramaic

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Etymology

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Compare Hebrew גָּנַב

Pronunciation

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Verb

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גְּנַב (gənaḇ) (future לִיגְנוֹב)

  1. to steal, to rob

Conjugation

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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic

Descendants

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  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܢܹܒ݂ (gānēḇ)

References

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  • gnb”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–

Hebrew

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to steal
    • Tanach, Genesis 31:19, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society The value tsrc=JPS is ambiguous and deprecated. After checking the translation, please replace it with JPS1917, JPS1985, or JPS2023. See the documentation.:
      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
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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גַּנָּב (ganávm (plural indefinite גַּנָּבִים, singular construct גַּנַּב־, plural construct גַּנָּבֵי־, feminine counterpart גַּנֶּבֶת or גַּנָּבִית) [pattern: קַטָּל]

  1. thief
    Synonym: שׁוֹדֵד
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Anagrams

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Yiddish

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Noun

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גנב (ganefm, plural גנבים (ganovem)

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