Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
برزخ
Parts of Speech
Noun (3×)
Qur'an Occurrences
3 times across 3 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root برزخ across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    Barzakh refers to an intervening barrier or obstruction between two things. In a religious context, it denotes the period between death and resurrection.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: b-r-z-kh
Listen: بَرْزَخٌ 55:20
Root letters: ب — ر — ز — خ

Word Family Tree (2 forms)

All word forms derived from the root برزخ as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun

Concordance — 3 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root برزخ appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (3)

Noun (3 verses — showing first 5)

The Believers 23:100 Noun
لَعَلِّیۤ أَعۡمَلُ صَـٰلِحࣰا فِیمَا تَرَكۡتُۚ كَلَّاۤۚ إِنَّهَا كَلِمَةٌ هُوَ قَاۤىِٕلُهَاۖ وَمِن وَرَاۤىِٕهِم بَرۡزَخٌ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ۝١٠٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected
The Criterion, The Standard 25:53 Noun
۞ وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِی مَرَجَ ٱلۡبَحۡرَیۡنِ هَـٰذَا عَذۡبࣱ فُرَاتࣱ وَهَـٰذَا مِلۡحٌ أُجَاجࣱ وَجَعَلَ بَیۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣰا وَحِجۡرࣰا مَّحۡجُورࣰا ۝٥٣
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And it is He who has released [simultaneously] the two seas, one fresh and sweet and one salty and bitter, and He placed between them a barrier and prohibiting partition
The Beneficent, The Mercy Giving, The Merciful 55:20 Noun
بَیۡنَهُمَا بَرۡزَخࣱ لَّا یَبۡغِیَانِ ۝٢٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Between them is a barrier [so] neither of them transgresses

Derived Forms (2)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
بَرْزَخٌ barzakhun Noun
بَرْزَخًا barzakhanā Noun