Quran glossary · accepted

بَحِيرَة

fabricated livestock category

A named livestock category used within fabricated restrictions whose finer physical definition is not supplied internally.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: بحر

Lemmas: بحيرة

Forms: بَحِيرَةٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

5:103

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Where other meanings fail

sea

5:103

مَا جَعَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَآئِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

Alternative: God did not institute a sea, a sāʾibah, a waṣīlah, or a ḥām.

Research rendering: God did not institute a baḥīrah, a sāʾibah, a waṣīlah, or a ḥām.

The coordinated list comprises named livestock categories used in fabricated restrictions; a body of water cannot occupy that list.