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استصرخهُ

Root: صرخ

Form: 10

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استصرخهُX He called, or cried, to him for aid, or succour.
2 And He incited him, urged him, or induced him, to call or call out, to cry or cry out, [app. for aid, or succour,] or to do so vehemently.
3 [Hence,] اُسْتُصْرِخَ الإِنْسَانُ There came to the man a voice, or cry, informing him of an event on account of which his aid was invoked, or announcing to him a death. اِسْتِصْرَاخُ الحَىِّ means The tribe's being invoked for aid to perform what is requisite for the dead: and hence the trad. of Ibn-'Omar, فَٱسْتُصْرِخَ عَلَى ٱمْرَأَتِهِ, not بِٱمْرَأَتِهِ, meaning, And he was called to aid in furnishing for the grave, and burying, the corpse of his wife: or it may mean, was informed that his wife was at the point of death.

def.2 See also 1, in two places; and 6:
2 and see 4.
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