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Thal-Alif-Ba
to collect/gather, expel, despise, urge, frighten.
Be as wicked/crafty as a wolf, wolf, dog of the dessert.
Loud howl/cry/sound, quicken in journey.
State of commotion/fluctuation.
dhi'b
n.m.
12:13
قَالَ إِنِّي لَيَحْزُنُنِي أَنْ تَذْهَبُوا بِه ِِ وَأَخَافُ أَنْ يَأْكُلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَأَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ غَافِلُونَ
Qāla 'Innī Layaĥzununī 'An Tadh/habū Bihi Wa 'Akhāfu 'An Ya'kulahu Adh-Dhi'bu Wa 'Antum `Anhu Ghāfilūna
He said: "It saddens me that you should take him, and I fear that the wolf will eat him if you will be absent of him."
12:14
قَالُوا لَئِنْ أَكَلَهُ الذِّئْبُ وَنَحْنُ عُصْبَة ٌ إِنَّا إِذا ً لَخَاسِرُونَ
Qālū La'in 'Akalahu Adh-Dhi'bu Wa Naĥnu `Uşbatun 'Innā 'Idhāan Lakhāsirūna
They said: "If the wolf eats him, while we are a numerous group, then we are the losers."
14:17
يَتَجَرَّعُه ُُ وَلاَ يَكَادُ يُسِيغُه ُُ وَيَأْتِيهِ الْمَوْتُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَان ٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّت ٍ وَمِنْ وَرَائِه ِِ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظ ٌ
Yatajarra`uhu Wa Lā Yakādu Yusīghuhu Wa Ya'tīhi Al-Mawtu Min Kulli Makānin Wa Mā Huwa Bimayyitin Wa Min Warā'ihi `Adhābun Ghalīžun
He tries to drink it, but it cannot be swallowed, and death comes to him from everywhere, but he will not die; and from behind him is a powerful retribution.
Hans Wehr
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