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גזל

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Hebrew

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Etymology

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Root
ג־ז־ל (g-z-l)

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Verb

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גָּזַל (gazál) (pa'al construction, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גָּזָל) (archaic)

  1. (transitive) (He/it) stole (something).
    • Tanach, Ezekiel 18:12, with Young's Literal Translation:
      עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן הוֹנָה גְּזֵלוֹת גָּזָל
      The afflicted and needy he hath oppressed, Plunder he hath taken violently away
    • c. 200, Mishnah, Bava Kamma chapter 10:
      [] גזלו לסתים את כסותו ונתנו לו כסות אחרת []
      [] bandits stole his coat and gave him another coat, []
  2. (intransitive) (He/it) stole.
    • c. 200, Mishnah, Bava Kamma chapter 10:
      הגוזל ומאכיל את בניו והניח לפניהם פטורים מלשלם
      [If] one who stole [something] and fed it to his children, or left it in front of them, [the children] are exempt from making restitution.
  3. (ditransitive) (He/it) stole (something) from (someone).
    • c. 200, Mishnah, Bava Kamma chapter 9:
      הגוזל את חברו שוה פרוטה ונשבע לו []
      If one robbed his friend the value of a perutah and swore to him [that he had not stolen it but then later confessed, []

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