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تَرَاوَحَا

Root: روح

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَرَاوَحَاVI and , [like تَعَاوَرَاهُ and اِعْتَوَرَاهُ,] They two did a deed, or work, by turns, [resting by turns,] or alternately; syn. تَعَاقَبَاهُ. And تراوحوا أَمْرًا They did a thing by turns; syn. تعاوروهُ. [Hence,] إِنَّ يَدَيْهِ لَتَتَرَاوَحَانِ بِالمَعْرُوفِ [in the S, the context implies that the meaning is, Verily his two hands are occupied alternately in doing that which is kind, or beneficent: in the A, it is said to be tropical, and the context seems to indicate that the meaning is, his two hands vie, one with the other, in promptness to do that which is kind, or beneficent].
2 تراوحوا لِبُيُوتِهِمْ and تراوحوا بُيُوتَهُمْ [They went in the evening, or afternoon, to their tents, or houses, app. meaning one to another's tent, or house, by turns]. [See also 3.]
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