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Tha-Qaf-Ba
a hole, to pass through (a hole), bore/perforate/pierce/puncture, intense (surge), burn/blaze/flame brightly (e.g. as if to pierce through the night), ascend/reach, penetrate, struck/kindle fire, fuel for fire, a man very red, brilliant (can be applied to knowledge), a drill (instrument which perforates).
thaqaba
vb. (1) pcple. act. thaqib
37:10
إِلاَّ مَنْ خَطِفَ الْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَه ُُ شِهَاب ٌ ثَاقِبا ٌ
'Illā Man Khaţifa Al-Khaţfata Fa'atba`ahu Shihābun Thāqibāun
Any of them who snatches a part, he is pursued by a piercing flame.
86:3
النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ
An-Najmu Ath-Thāqibu
The piercing star.
Hans Wehr
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