ג־נ־ב
g-n-b “to steal”
Biblical gannāḇ 'thief' became Yiddish ganef, which entered English slang directly and German thieves' cant as Ganeff; German speakers then took the Yiddish plural ganóvem for a German one and made a new singular, Ganove.
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| Biblical Hebrew | גָּנַב | gānaḇ | “to steal” |
| Biblical Hebrew | גְּנֵבָה | gənēḇāh | “theft; stolen thing” |
| Aramaic | גְּנַב | gənaḇ | “to steal” |
| Yiddish | גנבֿים | ganovim | “thieves” |