גזל

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ג־ז־ל (g-z-l)
2 terms

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Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to steal (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) to steal
    • 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) to steal (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, []

Conjugation

Conjugation of גָּזַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לגזול / לִגְזֹל
action noun גְּזִילָה
passive participle גָּזוּל
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first גָּזַלְתִּי גָּזַלְנוּ
second גָּזַלְתָּ גָּזַלְתְּ גְּזַלְתֶּם1 גְּזַלְתֶּן1
third גָּזַל גָּזְלָה גָּזְלוּ
present גּוֹזֵל גּוֹזֶלֶת גּוֹזְלִים גּוֹזְלוֹת
future first אגזול / אֶגְזֹל נגזול / נִגְזֹל
second תגזול / תִּגְזֹל תִּגְזְלִי תִּגְזְלוּ תגזולנה / תִּגְזֹלְנָה2
third יגזול / יִגְזֹל תגזול / תִּגְזֹל יִגְזְלוּ תגזולנה / תִּגְזֹלְנָה2
imperative גזול / גְּזֹל גִּזְלִי גִּזְלוּ גזולנה / גְּזֹלְנָה2

1 Pronounced גָּזַלְתֶּם and גָּזַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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