Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
رحل
Parts of Speech
Noun (4×)
Qur'an Occurrences
4 times across 2 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root رَحْل (raḥl) primarily refers to a camel's saddle, similar to a horse's saddle. It can also denote all the equipment for a journey, or a person's dwelling or place of abode.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: r-ḥ-l
Listen: رِحْلَةَ 106:2
Root letters: ر — ح — ل

Word Family Tree (4 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 4 Occurrences

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

Noun (4)

Noun (4 verses — showing first 5)

Winter, Quraysh 106:2 Noun
إِيلَافِهِمْ رِحْلَةَ الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Their accustomed security [in] the caravan of winter and summer
Joseph 12:62 Noun
وَقَالَ لِفِتۡیَـٰنِهِ ٱجۡعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمۡ فِی رِحَالِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَعۡرِفُونَهَاۤ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝٦٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And [Joseph] said to his servants, "Put their merchandise into their saddlebags so they might recognize it when they have gone back to their people that perhaps they will [again] return."
Joseph 12:70 Noun
فَلَمَّا جَهَّزَهُم بِجَهَازِهِمۡ جَعَلَ ٱلسِّقَایَةَ فِی رَحۡلِ أَخِیهِ ثُمَّ أَذَّنَ مُؤَذِّنٌ أَیَّتُهَا ٱلۡعِیرُ إِنَّكُمۡ لَسَـٰرِقُونَ ۝٧٠
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): So when he had furnished them with their supplies, he put the [gold measuring] bowl into the bag of his brother. Then an announcer called out, "O caravan, indeed you are thieves."
Joseph 12:75 Noun
قَالُوا۟ جَزَ ٰۤؤُهُۥ مَن وُجِدَ فِی رَحۡلِهِۦ فَهُوَ جَزَ ٰۤؤُهُۥۚ كَذَ ٰلِكَ نَجۡزِی ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ ۝٧٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): [The brothers] said, "Its recompense is that he in whose bag it is found - he [himself] will be its recompense. Thus do we recompense the wrongdoers."

Derived Forms (4)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
رِحْلَةَ riḥlaha Noun
رَحْلِهِۦ raḥlihi Noun
رَحْلِ raḥli Noun
رِحَالِهِمْ riḥaālihim Noun