how to say “theft” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]גְּנֵבָה

The Hebrew word for to steal is לגנוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /].

Take, for example, the biblical commandment:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]לא תגנוב.

Thou shalt not steal.

and the more modern:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]הוא גנב לי את הרכב!

He stole my car!

The word for theft is גניבה, as in:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /]בשורה טובה: יש ירידה במספר הגניבות בעיר.

Good news: There is a decline in the number of thefts in the city.

גנב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /] (or גנבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/גניבה-#.m4a” /], if she’s a female) is a thief.

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