Quran glossary · draft

المَآرِب

uses

Practical purposes for which an object is wanted and employed.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: أرب

Lemmas: مآرب

Forms: مَـَٔارِبُ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

20:18

قَالَ هِىَ عَصَاىَ أَتَوَكَّؤُا۟ عَلَيْهَا وَأَهُشُّ بِهَا عَلَىٰ غَنَمِى وَلِىَ فِيهَا مَـَٔارِبُ أُخْرَىٰ

Why this meaning was chosen

Both occurrences were reviewed. Moses' plural noun denotes further practical purposes served by his staff; the singular noun in the modesty rule denotes men's sexual interest. Both are contextual specifications of motivating need.