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حَبْل

a rope

Noun · masculineRoot ح-ب-ل

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Also written حبل: حَبِلَ (to become pregnant)

Highlights

Plural
حِبَال
Other plurals
أَحْبُل، حُبُول، أَحْبَال

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form I
حَبِلَ
to become pregnant
Adjective
حُبْلَى
pregnant

حَبْل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. a rope, a cable; a hawser; a cord; a string; a thread
    1. something resembling, likened to, or related to a rope (such as a ray, a beam, a jet, a vein, and so on)
      وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِWe have created man and know what his spirit suggests to him, and We are closer to him than the rope of his [jugular] vein.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:16

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ḥabl-.

Words from the root ح-ب-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

حَبِلَ · present يَحْبَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to become pregnant; to conceive

حَبَل
Verbal noun
حُبْلَى
Active participle · Adjective
pregnant
حَابِلَة
Active participle
مَحْبُول
Passive participle
أَحْبَلَ · present يُحْبِلُ
Form IV · Causative

to make pregnant

إِحْبَال
Verbal noun
مُحْبِل
Active participle
مُحْبَل
Passive participle
حَبْل
Noun · m.
a rope
تَحْبِيل
Noun · m.
حِبَالَة
Noun · f.
snare
حَبَالَة
Noun · f.
rope-making or the particular mode thereof
حَبْلِيَّات
Noun
Chordata

حَبْل: plural and other forms

Singularحَبْل
Pluralحِبَال
Alternative pluralsأَحْبُل، حُبُول، أَحْبَال

حَبْل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

something resembling

وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَنَ وَنَعْلَمُ مَا تُوَسْوِسُ بِهِۦ نَفْسُهُۥۖ وَنَحْنُ أَقْرَبُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَبْلِ ٱلْوَرِيدِWe have created man and know what his spirit suggests to him, and We are closer to him than the rope of his [jugular] vein.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 50:16

From a fully vowelled text

حِبَالُ الْهَاوِيَةِ أَحَاطَتْ بِي. شُرُكُ الْمَوْتِ أَصَابَتْنِي.The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;2 Samuel 22:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
حِبَالٌ وَقَعَتْ لِي فِي النُّعَمَاءِ، فَالْمِيرَاثُ حَسَنٌ عِنْدِي.The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.Psalms 16:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
حِينَئِذٍ قَطَعَ الْعَسْكَرُ حِبَالَ الْقَارِبِ وَتَرَكُوهُ يَسْقُطُ.Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.Acts 27:32, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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