גנב

See also: גנבֿ‎

Aramaic

Alternative forms
  • ܓܢܒ‎

Verb

גנב • (transliteration needed)

  1. to steal

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ג־נ־ב‎

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
Conjugation of גָּנַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first גָּנַבְתִּי‎גָּנַבְנוּ‎
second גָּנַבְתָּ‎גָּנַבְתְּ‎גְּנַבְתֶּם‎1גְּנַבְתֶּן‎1
third גָּנַבגָּנְבָה‎גָּנְבוּ‎
present גּוֹנֵב‎גּוֹנֶבֶת‎גּוֹנְבִים‎גּוֹנְבוֹת‎
future first אגנוב \ אֶגְנֹב‎נגנוב \ נִגְנֹב‎
second תגנוב \ תִּגְנֹב‎תִּגְנְבִי‎תִּגְנְבוּ‎תגנובנה \ תִּגְנֹבְנָה‎2
third יגנוב \ יִגְנֹב‎תגנוב \ תִּגְנֹב‎יִגְנְבוּ‎תגנובנה \ תִּגְנֹבְנָה‎2
imperative גנוב \ גְּנֹב‎גִּנְבִי‎גִּנְבוּ‎גנובנה \ גְּנֹבְנָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced גָּנַבְתֶּם‎ and גָּנַבְתֶּן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Noun

גַּנָּב • (ganáv)

  1. thief

Descendants

References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Noun

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

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