גזל

Hebrew edit

Root
ג־ז־ל (g-z-l)

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גָּזַל • (gazál) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, Biblical Hebrew pausal form גָּזָל) (archaic)

(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, […]
(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.
(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, […]

Conjugation of גָּזַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לגזול / לִגְזֹל action noun: גְּזִילָה passive participle: גָּזוּל
finite forms		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
notes		Pronounced גָּזַלְתֶּם and גָּזַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.