Quran glossary · draft

نخر

decayed bones

Bones structurally degraded by decay.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: نخر

Lemmas: نخرة

Forms: نَّخِرَةً

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

79:11

أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا نَّخِرَةً

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an indefinite feminine singular adjective predicated of bones in the deniers' question about restoration. Their contrast between this deteriorated bodily state and a return to the former condition fixes advanced decay as the relevant quality.