Quran glossary · draft

سهم

lot drawing

Participation in a lot-based selection among the ship's occupants.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: سهم

Lemmas: ساهم

Forms: سَاهَمَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

37:141

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is a third-person masculine singular Form III perfect in Jonah's flight narrative. The immediate result that he became one of those defeated in the selection fixes the reciprocal action as taking part in a drawing of lots.