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# גְּנֵבָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1591

**thing stolen** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: his thing (1); stolen (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1591.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1490/1591/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).