- גַּנָּבָא
- גַּנָּב, גַּנָּבָאch. 1) same. Targ. Ex. 22:1; a. e.Ber.5b (prov.) בתר ג׳ גנובוכ׳ steal after the thief (take thine own stealthily from him), and thou hast a taste (of theft), v. גָּנַב. Snh.22a (prov.) חסריה לג׳ נפשיהוכ׳ when strength fails the thief, he pretends to be honest.Pl. גַּנָּבִין, גַּנָּבַיָּא, גַּנְּבֵי. Targ. Y. Ex. 20:13; a. fr.Ab. Zar.70a. Snh.109a, v. אַתְּ; a. fr. 2) cunning. B. Bath. 133a, v. גְּנַב Pa.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
