Quran glossary · draft

بأر

water well

An excavated water source abandoned after a settlement's destruction.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: بأر

Lemmas: بئر

Forms: بِئْرٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

22:45

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an indefinite feminine noun in a catalogue of traces left by destroyed settlements. Its adjective مُعَطَّلَة describes the water source as abandoned from use, alongside a still imposing palace.