Qur'an Gateway | Examine Root: صوب (ṣwb)

Examining Root: صوب (ṣwb)

Definition:
To pour forth, hit the mark, come down.
asaaba - to overtake, happen to, befall, fall upon, will, affect injuriously, meet with, send down, pour down upon, afflict or punish, intend, desire.
sawaabun - that which is right, straight forward course, rightness.
musiibun - that which happens.
musiibatun - calamity.
Lane: "...it poured forth (said of rain), it descended, a calamity that falls upon or becomes settled/fixed..."

Total Qur’anic Occurrences: 77

Lemmata Based on This Root: 5

Breakdown of Appearances

Verb: 64

Form
I:	0
II:	0
III:	0
IV:	64
V:	0
VI:	0
VII:	0
VIII:	0
VIX:	0
IX:	0
XI:	0
XII:	0

Gender
Masculine:	44
Feminine:	17
Unassigned:	3

Person
1st:	3
2nd:	6
3rd:	55

Number
Singular:	60
Dual:	0
Plural:	4

Noun: 13

Case
Nominative:	8
Accusative:	1
Genitive:	4

Gender
Masculine:	3
Feminine:	10

Number
Singular:	12
Dual:	0
Plural:	0

Formula
Appears in 131 Root-Based Formulae and lies behind 89 Lemma-Based Formulae
Root Formulae	Root-Plus-Particle-Pronoun Formulae	Lemma Formulae
Length 3: 17 Length 4: 8 Length 5: 4	Length 3: 57 Length 4: 32 Length 5: 13	Length 3: 50 Length 4: 25 Length 5: 14

Glosses for this Root

befalls you (x12)
strikes (x5)
disaster (x5)
afflicts them (x5)
befalls them (x4)
has afflicted them (x3)
a disaster (x3)
afflict them (x2)
befalls him (x2)
strikes them (x2)
Then struck them (x2)
Will strike (x2)
and strikes (x2)
I afflict (x1)
like a rainstorm (x1)
then falls on it (x1)
you (had) struck (them) (x1)
then befalls you (x1)
(what is) correct (x1)
to strike them (x1)
will befall us (x1)

fall (on) it (x1)
it struck (x1)
and would befall you (x1)
He causes it to reach (x1)
(may) strike us (x1)
We bestow (x1)
which will afflict (x1)
then fell on it (x1)
calamity (x1)
We (could) afflict them (x1)
He will afflict you (x1)
and strikes him (x1)
strikes you (x1)
you harm (x1)
will strike her (x1)
a calamity (x1)
struck them (x1)
fell on it (x1)
will strike them (x1)
(there) will strike you (x1)

Verse List

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