Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: شفع (shfʿ)

Examining Root: شفع (shfʿ)

Definition:
To make even that which was odd, make double, pair, make a thing to be one of the pair, adjoin a thing to its like, provide a thing which was alone with another, protect, mediate, intercede, be an intercessor. Shaf'un - pair, double. shafa'at - likeness/similarity, intercede or pray for a person.

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 31

Lemmata Based on This Root: 5

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 5

Form
I:	5
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	0
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	5
Feminine:	0
Unassigned:	0

Person
1st:	0
2nd:	0
3rd:	5

Number
Singular:	3
Dual:	0
Plural:	2

Noun: 25

Case
Nominative:	13
Accusative:	5
Genitive:	7

Gender
Masculine:	12
Feminine:	13

Number
Singular:	18
Dual:	0
Plural:	6

Formula
Appears in 29 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 11 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 4 Length 4: 0 Length 5: 0	Length 3: 20 Length 4: 5 Length 5: 0	Length 3: 11 Length 4: 0 Length 5: 0

Glosses for this Root
any intercessor (x5) intercession (x4) the intercession (x3) intercessors (x3) an intercession (x2) their intercession (x2) (of) the intercession (x2) intercedes - (x2) And the even (x1)	any intercessors (x1) (of) the intercessors (x1) they (can) intercede (x1) so (that) they intercede (x1) can intercede (x1) your intercessors (x1) (are) our intercessors (x1)

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