גָּנַב (b. h.) [to put behind, aside,] to steal. Y. Snh. VIII, 26ᵇ top לא תִגְנוֹב את … גוֹנֵב do not carry off steathily thine own property from the thief, lest thou appear to be stealing.—Snh. 86ᵃ גונב נפש one who kidnaps a person. B. Kam. VII, 2 ג׳ על פי שנים if he is convicted of stealing through two witnesses; a. fr.—ג׳ דעת to deceive, to create a false impression. Ḥull. 94ᵃ אסור לִגְנוֹב דעת וכ׳ it is forbidden to create &c. (e.g. to make believe as if you opened a fresh barrel of wine as a special attention to your guest, while you would have had to do it at any rate). Shebu. 39ᵃ; a. fr.—ג׳ עין to deceive by a false impression on the eye, to delude. B. Mets. IV, 12.—Part. pass. גָּנוּב, f. גְּנוּבָה. Ab. Zar. 44ᵇ; Meïl. 7ᵇ תשובה ג׳ a fallacious reply; v. גְּנוּבְתָּא II.
Pi. - גִּנֵּב to keep behind. Ex. R. s. 5 היו מְגַנְּבִין את עצמן וכ׳ they kept themselves at a distance from Moses and then withdrew.
Nif. - נִגְנַב 1) to be stolen, kidnapped. B. Mets. III, 1. Gen. R. s. 84; a. fr. —2) to be deceived (sub. דעת). Tosef. B. Kam. VII, 8 sq.; Mekh. Mishp. N’zikin, s. 13.
Hithpa. - הִתְגַּנֵּב to sneak in. Pesik. R. s. 21, היו מִתְגַּנְּבִים וכ׳ they used to have stealthy intercourse &c. Mekh. l. c. המִתְגַּנֵּב אחר וכ׳ who steals himself (into the college room) behind a neighbor.