A Comparative Lexical Study of Qur?anic Arabic

518 CHAPTER FOUR
iv. baata - 2: 213 "Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent
Messengers with glad tidings. . . ."; 36: 52 "Who hath raised us up
from our beds of repose?":
a. I. 'to send; make manifest; raise up' (P): Syr. 3 ab c et 'faire lever
qn.';
b. VII. 'to become sent; rise and go away' (L): Akk. besu 'sich entfernen',
D. 'entfernen'.
v. tdra — 17: 69 "Or do you feel secure that He will not send you
back a second time to sea. . . .":
a. III. 'to return time after time'; IV. 'to repeat time after time'
(L): Aram., Heb., Ug., Akk. 'turning';
b. I. 'to run, flow (water)' (L): ESA twrt 'outlets'?
vi. tard - 20: 6 "To Him belongs what is in the heavens and on
earth, and all between them, and all beneath the soil.":
a. Arab, tariya(t) 'the earth, or land, became moist and soft' (L):
NWS and Ug. 'to be damp; dissolve';
b. Arab, tard 3 'richness' (L): Akk. saru 'reich sein, werden'.
vii. gism 14 - 2: 247 "Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath
gifted him abundantly with knowledge and bodily prowess.":
a. 'a body' (P): Aram., Syr. id.;
b. gasim 'great, large' (L): ESA 'massive constructions'.
viii. gahara - 13: 10 "It is the same (to Him) whether any of you
conceal his speech or declare it openly. . . .":
a. I. 'to be manifest, publish abroad, speak aloud' (P): Aram, gahar,
gahar 'projection, jetty; opening';
b. also 'to dazzle the eye, confuse the sight' (L): Syr. g e har 'to be
dazzled'.
ix. gdba (-w) 'to split, cleave, cut out' (P) - 89: 9 "And with the
Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?":
a. gawba 'excavation' (L): ESA gwbn type of stonework, part of
temple structure; Syr., Aram., Heb. 'pit, den, trench, well';
b. gawb 'large bucket' (L): Ge. gayb 'cup, goblet, pitcher'. 15
14
See also Ibn Faris I: 457 and Lane 424ff. Fraenkel 286 considers it a loan
from Syr. gusma.
15
This item is also discussed in p. 531.