Quran glossary · draft

لهب

Lahab

The fixed name element Lahab in the personal designation Abu Lahab.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: لهب

Lemmas: لهب

Forms: لَهَبٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

111:1

تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ

Why this meaning was chosen

The common noun denotes flame in 77:31 and 111:3. In 111:1 the same written form is the fixed second element of the personal designation أَبِي لَهَبٍ; the person is then threatened with a fire possessing لَهَب in 111:3. The name use is therefore isolated as an exact lexical-collision branch rather than allowed to redefine the common noun.