Quran glossary · draft

بدن

body

The physical body of the drowned Pharaoh preserved as a sign.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: بدن

Lemmas: بدن

Forms: بَدَنِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

10:92

فَٱلْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ ءَايَةً وَإِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا لَغَٰفِلُونَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The singular بَدَنِكَ in 10:92 denotes Pharaoh's body preserved as a sign. The differently vocalized plural ٱلْبُدْنَ in 22:36 denotes sacrificial animals that stand, fall on their sides, and provide food. Because the second form names whole ritual animals rather than a person's physical body, it is kept as an exact lexical collision.