גנב

See also: גנבֿ

Aramaic

Alternative forms

• ܓܢܒ

Verb

גנב • (transliteration needed)

1. to steal

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־נ־ב (g-n-b)
6 terms

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

Pronunciation 1

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew, Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnav/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈnav/, /ˈɡɔnav/
• (Iraqi Hebrew, Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnab/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dʒɔˈnæv/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈnav/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaːˈnab/, /ɡaːˈnaβ/, /ɡaːˈnav/

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

Conjugation of גָּנַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לגנוב / לִגְנֹב action noun: גְּנִיבָה passive participle: גָּנוּב
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	גָּנַבְתִּי		גָּנַבְנוּ
	second	גָּנַבְתָּ	גָּנַבְתְּ	גְּנַבְתֶּם1	גְּנַבְתֶּן1
	third	גָּנַב	גָּנְבָה	גָּנְבוּ
present		גּוֹנֵב	גּוֹנֶבֶת	גּוֹנְבִים	גּוֹנְבוֹת
future	first	אגנוב / אֶגְנֹב		נגנוב / נִגְנֹב
	second	תגנוב / תִּגְנֹב	תִּגְנְבִי	תִּגְנְבוּ	תגנובנה / תִּגְנֹבְנָה2
	third	יגנוב / יִגְנֹב	תגנוב / תִּגְנֹב	יִגְנְבוּ	תגנובנה / תִּגְנֹבְנָה2
imperative		גנוב / גְּנֹב	גִּנְבִי	גִּנְבוּ	גנובנה / גְּנֹבְנָה2
notes		Pronounced גָּנַבְתֶּם and גָּנַבְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Pronunciation 2

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnav/

Noun

גַּנָּב • (ganáv) m (plural indefinite גַּנָּבִים, singular construct גַּנַּב־, plural construct גַּנָּבֵי־) [pattern: קַטָּל]

1. thief

Declension

Declension of גַּנָּב

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	גַּנָּב	first	גַּנָּבִי		גַּנָּבֵנוּ
	definite	הַגַּנָּב	second	גַּנָּבְךָ	גַּנָּבֵךְ	גַּנַּבְכֶם	גַּנַּבְכֶן
	construct	גַּנַּב־	third	גַּנָּבוֹ	גַּנָּבָהּ	גַּנָּבָם	גַּנָּבָן
plural	indefinite	גַּנָּבִים	first	גנביי / גַּנָּבַי		גַּנָּבֵינוּ
	definite	הַגַּנָּבִים	second	גַּנָּבֶיךָ	גנבייך / גַּנָּבַיִךְ	גַּנָּבֵיכֶם	גַּנָּבֵיכֶן
	construct	גַּנָּבֵי־	third	גַּנָּבָיו	גַּנָּבֶיהָ	גַּנָּבֵיהֶם	גַּנָּבֵיהֶן

Derived terms

• עַל רֹאשׁ הַגַּנָּב בּוֹעֵר הַכּוֹבַע (al rosh ha-ganáv bo'ér ha-kóva)

Descendants

• → Yiddish: גנבֿ (ganef)
  • → Dutch: gannef
  • → English: ganef
  • → German: Ganove, Ganeff
  • → Lower Sorbian: ganowa

References

• H1590 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• נגב

Yiddish

Noun

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

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