גָּנַב

גָּנַב(b. h.) (to put behind, aside, to steal. Y.Snh.VIII, 26b top לא תִגְנוֹב את … גוֹנֵב do not carry off steathily thine own property from the thief, lest thou appear to be stealing.Snh.86a גונב נפש one who kidnaps a person. B. Kam.VII, 2 ג׳ על פי שנים if he is convicted of stealing through two witnesses; a. fr.ג׳ דעת to deceive, to create a false impression. Ḥull.94a אסור לִגְנוֹב דעתוכ׳ it is forbidden to create (e. g. to make believe as if you opened a fresh barrel of wine as a special attention to your guest, while you would have had to do it at any rate). Shebu.39a; a. fr.ג׳ עין to deceive by a false impression on the eye, to delude. B. Mets. IV, 12.Part. pass. גָּנוּב, f. גְּנוּבָה. Ab. Zar.44b; Meil.7b תשובה ג׳ a fallacious reply; v. גְּנוּבְתָּא II. Pi. גִּנֵּב to keep behind. Ex. R. s. 5 היו מְגַנְּבִין את עצמןוכ׳ they kept themselves at a distance from Moses and then withdrew. Nif. נִגְנַב 1) to be stolen, kidnapped. B. Mets.III, 1. Gen. R. s. 84; a. fr. 2) to be deceived (sub. דעת). Tosef.B. Kam.VII, 8 sq.; Mekh. Mishp. Nzikin, s.13. Hithpa. הִתְגַּנֵּב to sneak in. Pesik. R. s. 21, היו מִתְגַּנְּבִיםוכ׳ they used to have stealthy intercourse Mekh. l. c. המִתְגַּנֵּב אחרוכ׳ who steals himself (into the college room) behind a neighbor.