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title: גְּנֵבָה — thing stolen · The Tanakh dictionary
description: גְּנֵבָה (1591), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: thing stolen. BDB 1906: n.f. thing stolen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# גְּנֵבָה

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«גְּנֵבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **thing stolen** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1591 · **BDB:** גְּנֵבָה

### Glosses

his.thing (1); stolen (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

thing stolen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1591/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. thing stolen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1591/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. thing stolen (on format. cf. BaNB 161, 166)—גְּנֵבָה Ex 22:3 (an animal); בִּגְנֵבָתוֹ Ex 22:2, בְּ׳ pret. cf. Di.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «גְּנֵבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1591/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.3/)

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אִֽם־הִמָּצֵא֩ תִמָּצֵ֨א בְיָד֜וֹ הַגְּנֵבָ֗ה מִשּׁ֧וֹר עַד־חֲמ֛וֹר עַד־שֶׂ֖ה חַיִּ֑ים שְׁנַ֖יִם יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃ס

*Word for word:* if actually.(be.found) it.will.be.found in hand his the.thing stolen from an.ox unto a.donkey unto a.sheep alive twofold he.will.make.restitution

*JPS 1917:* If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep, he shall pay double.

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[Exodus 22:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.2/)

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אִם־זָרְחָ֥ה הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עָלָ֖יו דָּמִ֣ים ל֑וֹ שַׁלֵּ֣ם יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם אִם־אֵ֣ין ל֔וֹ וְנִמְכַּ֖ר בִּגְנֵבָתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* if it.has.risen the sun on him blood(s) \[will be\].for.him certainly.(make.restitution) he.will.make.restitution if there.\[belongs\].not to him and he.will.be.sold for his.thing stolen

*JPS 1917:* If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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