Morphology Explorer — بحر

bhr

Root analysis: 42 occurrences across 40 verses in the Quran

بحر
bhr
42
Total Occurrences
40
Verses
11
Unique Forms
1
POS Categories

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Noun ×42

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Word Forms in the Quran 11

ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri 14 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri 8 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra 7 ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ lbahrayni 4 ٱلْبَحْرُ lbahru 2 ٱلْبِحَارُ lbihaaru 2 بَحِيرَةٍ bahirahin 1 بَحْرٍ bahrin 1 وَٱلْبَحْرُ walbahru 1 أَبْحُرٍ aabhurin 1 ٱلْبَحْرَانِ lbahraani 1

Quranic Concordance 42

Every occurrence of the root بحر in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
2:50 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
2:164 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
5:96 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
5:103 بَحِيرَةٍ bahirahin sea Noun Noun
6:59 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
6:63 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
6:97 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
7:138 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
7:163 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
10:22 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
10:90 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
14:32 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
16:14 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
17:66 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
17:67 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
17:70 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
18:60 ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ lbahrayni sea Noun Noun
18:61 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
18:63 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
18:79 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
18:109 ٱلْبَحْرُ lbahru sea Noun Noun
18:109 ٱلْبَحْرُ lbahru sea Noun Noun
20:77 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
22:65 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
24:40 بَحْرٍ bahrin sea Noun Noun
25:53 ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ lbahrayni sea Noun Noun
26:63 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
27:61 ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ lbahrayni sea Noun Noun
27:63 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
30:41 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
31:27 وَٱلْبَحْرُ walbahru sea Noun Noun
31:27 أَبْحُرٍ aabhurin sea Noun Noun
31:31 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
35:12 ٱلْبَحْرَانِ lbahraani sea Noun Noun
42:32 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
44:24 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
45:12 ٱلْبَحْرَ lbahra sea Noun Noun
52:6 وَٱلْبَحْرِ walbahri sea Noun Noun
55:19 ٱلْبَحْرَيْنِ lbahrayni sea Noun Noun
55:24 ٱلْبَحْرِ lbahri sea Noun Noun
81:6 ٱلْبِحَارُ lbihaaru sea Noun Noun
82:3 ٱلْبِحَارُ lbihaaru sea Noun Noun
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