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title: גַּנָּב — thief · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גַּנָּב (1590), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: thief. BDB 1906: n.m. thief. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גַּנָּב

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«גַּנָּב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thief** — 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:** 17 times · **Key:** 1590 · **BDB:** גַּנָּב

### Glosses

thief (8); a.thief (3); thieves (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1590/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. thief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1590/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 22:1 thief—גַּנָּב Ex 22:1 + 12 times; גַּנָּבִים Is 1:23 + 3 times—thief that breaks in Ex 22:1, 6, 7 (JE); by window Jo 2:9 (in simile); thief as one who steals Is 1:23 ψ 50:18 Pr 6:30; 29:24 Je 2:26; 48:27 Ho 7:1 (‖ גְּדוּד) Zc 5:4; coming by night Je 49:9 cf. Jb 24:14 (in simile), Ob 5 (‖ שׁוֹדֲדֵי לַיְלָה); Jb 30:5; stealer of men (slave-dealer) Dt 24:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גַּנָּב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1590/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.5/)

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מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* from \[the\].community they.are.driven.away people.shout on them like (the) thief

*JPS 1917:* They are driven forth from the midst of men; they cry after them as after a thief.

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[Proverbs 29:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.29.24/)

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חוֹלֵ֣ק עִם־גַּ֭נָּב שׂוֹנֵ֣א נַפְשׁ֑וֹ אָלָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יַגִּֽיד׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].has.shares with a.thief \[is\].hating self his.own an.oath he.hears and not he.tells

*JPS 1917:* Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.

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