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احتجر

Root: حجر

Form: 8

Full Definition

احتجرVIII , or احتجرحَجْرَةً, and استحجر and , He made for himself a حُجْرَة [i. e. an enclosure for camels]
2 And hence, احتجر الأَرْضَ, and , He placed a land-mark to the land, to confine it, and to prevent others from encroaching upon it.
3 احتجر بِهِ He sought protection by him, as, for instance, by God, مِنَ اشَّيْطَانِ from the devil.

def.2 احتجر اللَّوْحَ He put the tablet in his حِجْر [or bosom].
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