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سَبِيل

way

NounRoot س-ب-ل

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Plural
سُبُل

سَبِيل in English

Noun

  1. way, path, road
  2. manner, method
  3. ways and means
  4. kinship
  5. necessary connection
  6. distribution of water
  7. public fountain
  8. blame
    إِنَّمَا السَّبِيلُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌThe blame is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:42

Word origin

Given the frequent religious usage of the word, there is some semantic interference of the Classical Syriac ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəbīlā). Cognate to Aramaic שְׁבִילָא (šəḇīlā), Hebrew שְׁבִיל (šəḇī́l, “trail, path”).

Words from the root س-ب-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb.

سَبِيل
Noun
way
سَبْلَة
Noun · f.
manure

سَبِيل: plural and other forms

Singularسَبِيل
Pluralسُبُل

سَبِيل in a sentence

Dictionary examples

blame

إِنَّمَا السَّبِيلُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ النَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ الْحَقِّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌThe blame is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 42:42

From a fully vowelled text

لأَنَّ طُرُقَ الإِنْسَانِ أَمَامَ عَيْنَيِ الرَّبِّ، وَهُوَ يَزِنُ كُلَّ سُبُلِهِ.For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.Proverbs 5:21, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
صَوْتُ صَارِخٍ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ: أَعِدُّوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ، اصْنَعُوا سُبُلَهُ مُسْتَقِيمَةً».The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Mark 1:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
تَثْبُتُ سُبْلُهُ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ. عَالِيَةٌ أَحْكَامُكَ فَوْقَهُ. كُلُّ أَعْدَائِهِ يَنْفُثُ فِيهِمْ.His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.Psalms 10:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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