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ل-ح-م

Lam-Ha-Mim

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About this root

Lam-Ha-Mim (ل-ح-م) has 2 words in the Fahm dictionary: laḥm (meat), malḥama (epic).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 12 times in 12 verses, across 10 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:173. The form لَحْم (meat) accounts for all of them.

Themes: Food, Basics, Literature Arts

Words from this root

WordMeaningTypeIn the QuranTaught in
لَحْم
laḥm
meatnoun, A112×Food Basics - Bread, Rice & Staples
مَلْحَمَة
malḥama
epicnoun, B2Cultural Movements

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

In the Quran

إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah. But he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Quran 2:173
وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ ٱلْبَحْرَ لِتَأْكُلُوا۟ مِنْهُ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُوا۟ مِنْهُ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى ٱلْفُلْكَ مَوَاخِرَ فِيهِ وَلِتَبْتَغُوا۟ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

And He it is Who hath constrained the sea to be of service that ye eat fresh meat from thence, and bring forth from thence ornaments which ye wear. And thou seest the ships ploughing it that ye (mankind) may seek of His bounty and that haply ye may give thanks.

Quran 16:14
إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

He hath forbidden for you only carrion and blood and swineflesh and that which hath been immolated in the name of any other than Allah; but he who is driven thereto, neither craving nor transgressing, lo! then Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.

Quran 16:115

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

A1noun
لَحْم
laḥm

meat

Example
هَذَا اللَّحْمُ طَازَجٌ
hādhā al-laḥmu ṭāzajun
This meat is fresh
B2noun
مَلْحَمَة
malḥama

epic

Example
تُعَدُّ مَلحَمَةُ جِلجامِش مِن أَقدَمِ الآثارِ الأَدَبِيَّة.
tuʿaddu malḥamatu jilgāmish min aqdami l-āthāri l-adabiyya.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is among the oldest literary works.

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