وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا۟ مَتَٰعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا۟ بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ إِلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَبَانَا مَا نَبْغِى هَٰذِهِۦ بِضَٰعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ إِلَيْنَا وَنَمِيرُ أَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ أَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَعِيرٍ ذَٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَسِيرٌ
Quran glossary · draft
بعر
camel
A camel used to carry a measured load.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 2
Roots: بعر
Lemmas: بعير
Forms: بَعِيرٍ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ
Why this meaning was chosen
Both noun occurrences appear in Joseph's narrative as the animal defining a transport quantity: an added camel-measure of grain and a camel-load offered as reward. The quantity constructions remain compositional uses of the same pack-animal referent.