Quran glossary · draft

جَلَابِيب

outer garment

A wearable outer covering that can be drawn down over its possessor.

Lexical scope

Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 1

Roots: جلب

Lemmas: جلابيب

Forms: جَلَٰبِيبِ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

33:59

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Where other meanings fail

mustered forces

33:59

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ قُل لِّأَزْوَٰجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَآءِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِن جَلَٰبِيبِهِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰٓ أَن يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

Alternative: let them draw over themselves some of their mustered forces

Research rendering: let them draw over themselves some of their outer garments

The possessed plural objects are wearable coverings drawn over the women, not military units.