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ب-ح-ر

Ba-Ha-Ra

3 words from this root family

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Ba-Ha-Ra (ب-ح-ر) has 3 words in the Fahm dictionary: baḥr (sea / ocean), baḥr (sea), buḥayra (lake).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 42 times in 40 verses, across 25 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:50. The form بَحْرٌ (sea / ocean) accounts for 41 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Nature Weather

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
بَحْرٌ
baḥr
sea / oceannoun, A241×The Natural World in the Quran
بَحْر
baḥr
seanoun, B141×Flora & Fauna
بُحَيرَة
buḥayra
lakenoun, B1Weather Patterns

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَـٰكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ

And when We brought you through the sea and rescued you, and drowned the folk of Pharaoh in your sight.

Quran 2:50
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًا ۗ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

To hunt and to eat the fish of the sea is made lawful for you, a provision for you and for seafarers; but to hunt on land is forbidden you so long as ye are on the pilgrimage. Be mindful of your duty to Allah, unto Whom ye will be gathered.

Quran 5:96
مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَـٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Allah hath not appointed anything in the nature of a Bahirah or a Sa'ibah or a Wasilah or a Hami, but those who disbelieve invent a lie against Allah. Most of them have no sense.

Quran 5:103

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

A2noun
بَحْرٌ
baḥr

sea / ocean

Example
وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَخَّرَ الْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا
wa-huwa alladhī sakhkhara al-baḥra litaʾkulū minhu laḥman ṭariyyā
And it is He who subjected the sea for you to eat from it tender meat (16:14)
Grammar

Masculine noun. Plural: بِحَارٌ (biḥār) or أَبْحُرٌ (abḥur). Used literally and metaphorically in the Quran.

Culture

The sea in the Quran is a sign of God's power and provision. The parting of the sea for Moses is one of the most famous Quranic narratives.

B1noun
بَحْر
baḥr

sea

Example
نَذهَبُ إلى البَحرِ في الصَّيف.
nadhhabu ilā l-baḥri fī ṣ-ṣayf.
We go to the sea in summer.
B1noun
بُحَيرَة
buḥayra

lake

Example
جَلَسنا بِجانِبِ البُحَيرَة.
jalasnā bi-jānibi l-buḥayra.
We sat beside the lake.

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