Quran glossary · draft

الْعُزَّى

al-ʿUzzā

A fixed proper name for the named object coordinated with al-Lāt and placed before the addressees for consideration.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: عزز

Lemmas: العزى

Forms: ٱلْعُزَّىٰ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

53:19

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

Where other meanings fail

prevail

53:19

أَفَرَءَيْتُمُ ٱللَّٰتَ وَٱلْعُزَّىٰ

Alternative: Have you considered al-Lāt and prevail?

Research rendering: Have you considered al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā?

The coordinated objects are two fixed names, not a name plus a strength predicate.