Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
هرب
Parts of Speech
Noun (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
1 times across 1 surahs

Definitions (1)

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

  1. 1
    The root هرب (haraba) primarily means "to flee" or "run away." It can refer to a person or animal escaping. A less common meaning is "to become extremely old or decrepit," similar to هرم.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: h-r-b
Listen: هَرَبًا 72:12
Root letters: ه — ر — ب

Word Family Tree (1 forms)

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

Noun

Concordance — 1 Occurrences

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

Noun (1)

Noun (1 verses — showing first 5)

The Jinn 72:12 Noun
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّاۤ أَن لَّن نُّعۡجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَلَن نُّعۡجِزَهُۥ هَرَبࣰا ۝١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And we have become certain that we will never cause failure to Allah upon earth, nor can we escape Him by flight

Derived Forms (1)

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

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
هَرَبًا harabanā Noun