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ذ-ه-ب

Dhal-Heh-Ba

2 words from this root family

About this root

Dhal-Heh-Ba (ذ-ه-ب) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: yadhhabu (he goes), dhahaba (to go).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 56 times in 56 verses, across 30 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:17. The form ذَهَبَ (to go) accounts for 35 of them.

Themes: Verbs, Basics, Motion

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
يَذْهَبُ
yadhhabu
he goesverb, A1Essential Verbs
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba
to goverb, A135×Action Verbs - Movement & Travel

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

In the Quran

مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِى ٱسْتَوْقَدَ نَارًا فَلَمَّآ أَضَآءَتْ مَا حَوْلَهُۥ ذَهَبَ ٱللَّهُ بِنُورِهِمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِى ظُلُمَـٰتٍ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ

Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindleth fire, and when it sheddeth its light around him Allah taketh away their light and leaveth them in darkness, where they cannot see,

Quran 2:17
زُيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ حُبُّ ٱلشَّهَوَٰتِ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ وَٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱلْقَنَـٰطِيرِ ٱلْمُقَنطَرَةِ مِنَ ٱلذَّهَبِ وَٱلْفِضَّةِ وَٱلْخَيْلِ ٱلْمُسَوَّمَةِ وَٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ وَٱلْحَرْثِ ۗ ذَٰلِكَ مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَٱللَّهُ عِندَهُۥ حُسْنُ ٱلْمَـَٔابِ

Beautified for mankind is love of the joys (that come) from women and offspring; and stored-up heaps of gold and silver, and horses branded (with their mark), and cattle and land. That is comfort of the life of the world. Allah! With Him is a more excellent abode.

Quran 3:14
إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

If He will, He can remove you, O people, and produce others (in your stead). Allah is Able to do that.

Quran 4:133

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

A1verb
يَذْهَبُ
yadhhabu

he goes

Example
يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمَدْرَسَةِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ.
yadhhabu ilā al-madrasati kulla yawmin.
He goes to school every day.
Grammar

Form I verb, present tense. Root dh-h-b also gives 'dhahab' (gold).

A1verb
ذَهَبَ
dhahaba

to go

Example
ذهبتُ إلى المدرسةِ
dhahabtu ilā al-madrasati
I went to the school
Grammar

Form I verb. Past: dhahaba, Present: yadh'habu. Takes ilā (إلى) for destination.

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