Quran glossary · draft

ذود

restrain

To restrain a flock from moving forward.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ذود

Lemmas: تذود

Forms: تَذُودَ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

28:23

وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَآءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمُ ٱمْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا لَا نَسْقِى حَتَّىٰ يُصْدِرَ ٱلرِّعَآءُ وَأَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target describes two women positioned apart from the people watering at Midian. They explain that they do not water until the shepherds depart, so their present action is restraining their animals from joining the crowded source.