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13 times in the Quran · 1 word form · rank 508
The Quran root ص ي ح ṣ-y-ḥ
Words built from the root ص ي ح ([ṣ-y-ḥ]) appear 13 times in the Quran. The most common is صَيْحَة, “shout”, which comes 13 times. Learn the root once and you can recognise every word made from it.
Words from this root
| Word | Say it | Meaning | Times | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| صَيْحَة | ṣayḥa | shout · awful cry | 13 |
Examples from the Quran
وَأَخَذَ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ ٦٧
الصَّيْحَةُ l-ṣayḥatu · the thunderous blast
And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone (Surah Hud, 11:67)
وَلَمَّا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا نَجَّيْنَا شُعَيْبًا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا فِي دِيَارِهِمْ جَاثِمِينَ ٩٤
الصَّيْحَةُ l-ṣayḥatu · the thunderous blast
And when Our command came, We saved Shuʿayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone (Surah Hud, 11:94)
Surahs where it comes most
- Surah Ya-Sin · 3×
- Surah Hud · 2×
- Surah Al-Hijr · 2×
- Surah Al-Mu'minun · 1×
- Surah Al-'Ankabut · 1×
- Surah Sad · 1×
Each meaning is taken from the word-by-word translation of the verses, so a word can show two meanings from different contexts. Root and base-word data come from the Quranic Arabic Corpus.
