גנז

From the root ג־נ־ז (g-n-z), probably from Persian گنج (ganj, “treasure”, noun); compare Classical Syriac ܓܙܐ (gazzā) and Arabic كنز (kanz).

גָּנַז • (ganáz) (pa'al construction, future יגנוז / יִגְנֹז, passive participle גָּנוּז)

1. to shelve, to store
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Middot, section 4.7:

     וְהוּא הָיָה נִקְרָא בֵּית הַחֲלִיפוֹת, שֶׁשָּׁם גּוֹנְזִים אֶת הַסַּכִּינִים.

     v-hu hayá niqrá beit ha-ḥalifot, she-sham gonzim et ha-sakinim

     and it was called the House of Replacements, for there they stored the knives

2. (Talmudic) to suppress (a book) as heretical
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Shabbat, 30b:

     בַּקְּשׁוּ חֲכָמִים לִגְנֹז סֵפֶר קֹהֶלֶת מִפְּנֵי שֶׁדְּבָרָיו סוֹתְרִין זֶה אֶת זֶה.

     Baqshú ḥakhamim lignoz séfer Kohélet mipnéi she-dvaráv sotrín zeh et zeh

     The sages sought to suppress as heretical the book of Ecclesiastes because its words contradict one another

• גְּנִיזָה (g'nizá)
• גְנָזִים (g'nazím)