احتقب

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احتقبVIII He bound a حَقِيبَة behind [on his camel or horse]; as also : he bound anything behind the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل or قَتَب: he put on, or conveyed, a حقيبة behind him on his horse [or camel]; as also : he carried, or conveyed, a thing behind him [on his beast]; as also : and he made a person to ride behind him on the حقيبة. See also 4.
2 [Hence,] احتقب and He bore, or took upon himself the burden of, a thing, good, or evil; syn. اِحْتَمَلَ: and laid it up for the future; namely, good, or evil: for a man [as it were] bears his actions, and lays them up for the future [to be rewarded or punished for them]. And hence, احتقب الإِثْمَ [He bore, or took upon himself the burden of, the sin; or] he committed the sin: as though it were a thing perceived by the senses, which he bore or carried [behind him]: or as though he collected it into a mass, and conveyed it behind him [as a حقيبة].

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