- גְּנֵיב
- גְּנַב, גְּנֵיבch. sam(גנבto deceive by a false impression on the eye, to delude). Targ. Y. Gen. 31:30. Ib. 20. Targ. O. Deut. 24:7 גָּנֵיב (Y. גְּנִיב, corr. acc.); a. fr.Part. pass. גְּנִיב. Targ. O Gen. 40:15 גְּנֵיבְנָא ed. Berl. I have been stolen.Ruth R. introd. 3 (a trial before a Roman court) גְּנַבְתּוּן לא גְנַבְנוּן “Ye have stolen”.‘We have not …; לא גָנַבְתְּ מאן ג׳ עמך “thou hast not stolen? Who has been stealing with thee?”; Gen. R. s. 37; s. 63. B. Kam.65b תורא גַנְבִי מינך was it an ox I stole from thee?Ib. 67b עד דגְנֵיב תרי (he is not bound to pay) unless he stole two animals; a. fr. Pa. גַּנֵּיב 1) same. Targ. Jer. 23:30. 2) to go round about. Keth.19a גַנּוֹבָא גַּנּוּבֵי למה לךוכ׳ O thou cunning man, what is the use of thy going round about?; Yeb.91a; B. Bath. 133a גַּנָּבָא גנובי Ms. R. (ed. גנבא גנבי, corr. acc.).Part. pass. מְגַנַּב crooked. Targ. Jud. 5:6 אורחן מְגַנְּבָן (h. text עקלקל׳). Ithpa. אִיתְגַּנַּב, Ithpe. אִיתְגְּנַב, אִיגְּנַב 1) to be stolen. Targ. Ex. 22:11. Targ. Y. Gen. 40:15; a. e.B. Mets.34a top מי יימר דמִיגּנְּבָא who can say that it will be stolen? Ib. 24a אִגְּנִיב כסאוכ׳ a silver goblet was stolen from the inn; a. e. 2) to sneak away. Targ. 2 Sam. 19:4.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.