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Root g-n-b

Hebrew ↔ Imperial Aramaic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —g-n-b↔ g-n-b. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Hebrew

he
root: g-n-b
  • גַּבgavnounT Ezek.16.24
    back (the rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly)
  • גָּנַבganávverbT Gen.40.15
    to steal
  • גַּנָּבganávnounT Gen.40.15
    thief
  • גָּנוּבganúvadjT Gen.30.33
    stolen
  • נִגְנַבnignávverbT Gen.44.8
    to be stolen
  • הִגְנִיבhignívverb
    to smuggle
  • הֻגְנַבhugnávverbT Exod.22.1
    to be smuggled
  • גּוֹנֵבgonevverb
    masculine singular present of גָּנַב

Imperial Aramaic

arc
root: g-n-b
  • גנבverb• tg. Onk. Deut 24:7
    to steal
  • גנבאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:1
    thief
  • גנבראnoun
    hero, champion
  • גנבתאnoun• tg. Onk. Exod 22:3
    thief
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Canonical root family: g-n-b