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جوّب

Root: جوب

Form: 2

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جوّبII : see 1.
2 Also, said of the light of the moon, It illumined, and rendered clear, [by penetrating,] a dark night.

def.2 جوّب عَلَيْهِ [from جَوْبٌ “ a shield ”] He shielded him.
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