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title: גְּנַז — treasure · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: גְּנַז (lemma:גְּנַז), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: treasure. BDB 1906: n.m. treasure. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּנַז

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«גְּנַז» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **treasure** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:גְּנַז · **BDB:** גְּנַז

### Glosses

of (1); of.the.treasures (1); the (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d6/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. treasure [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d6/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 6:1 treasure (𝔗; v. BH \[גְנָזִים\], sub גנז);—pl. emph. גִּנְזַיָּא treasures Ezr 6:1, בֵּית ג׳ דִּי מַלְכָּא 5:17, cstr. בֵּית גִּנְזֵי מַלְכָּא 7:20.

### Jastrow 1903

גְּנַז: to save hidden, stored up, reserved to disappear [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d6/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to save.—Targ. II Kings XX, 17.—Part. pass. גְּנִיז, f. גְנִיזָא hidden, stored up, reserved. Targ. II Chr. XXXIV, 15. Targ. I Sam. XXV, 29.—Pl. גְּנִיזִין, גְּנִיזָן. Targ. O. Deut. XXXII, 34. Targ. Hos. XIII, 12.—Targ. Prov. XXX, 18. to disappear. Targ. Y. Num. XX, 2; 13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּנַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1490/lemma_3a_5d2_5b0_5bc_5e0_5b7_5d6/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 7:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.20/)

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וּשְׁאָ֗ר חַשְׁחוּת֙ בֵּ֣ית אֱלָהָ֔ךְ דִּ֥י יִפֶּל־לָ֖ךְ לְמִנְתַּ֑ן תִּנְתֵּ֕ן מִן־בֵּ֖ית גִּנְזֵ֥י מַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* and the.rest of.the.thing\[s\].needed of.the.house of your.God which it.will.fall to you to give you.will.give from the.house of.the.treasures of the.king

*JPS 1917:* And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure-house.

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[Ezra 6:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.1/)

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בֵּאדַ֛יִן דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֑ם וּבַקַּ֣רוּ ׀ בְּבֵ֣ית סִפְרַיָּ֗א דִּ֧י גִנְזַיָּ֛א מְהַחֲתִ֥ין תַּמָּ֖ה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* then Darius the king he.made a.decree and they.searched in the.house of the.books where the treasures \[were\].deposited there in Babylon

*JPS 1917:* Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up, in Babylon.

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