Quran glossary · draft

تلل

place face-down

To lower and position a person on the forehead.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: تلل

Lemmas: تل

Forms: تَلَّ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

37:103

فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is a form I perfect verb with the son as attached object and لِلْجَبِينِ specifying the bodily orientation. It follows the father and son's submission and precedes the divine call that the vision has been fulfilled.