Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ג־נ־ז (g-n-z)

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).

Verb edit

גָּנַז (ganáz) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, future יגנוז / יִגְנֹז, passive participle גָּנוּז)

  1. to shelve, to store
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Middot 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
  1. (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

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