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اسبأ

Root: سبأ

Form: 4

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اسبأIV He was, or became, silent. (Sh, TA in art. رطم.)
2 اسبأ لِأَمْرِ ٱللّٰهِ He, or his heart, was, or became, submissive to the decree of God.
3 And اسبأ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ His heart became in a bad state, or heavy, (خَبُثَ, [so in the M and in a copy of the K, in the CK and TA خَبَتَ, and thus in my MS. copy of the K, but there altered from خَبُثَ, app. on the authority of the TA, and I think it a mistranscription, although expl. in the TA as meaning اِنْخَضَعَ, which is a signification of أَخْبَتَ, the explanation of اسبأ in the next preceding sentence,]) at the thing.
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