جَذَبَاتٍ
Root: جذب
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جَذَبَاتٍ
[He took his way into the valley of Jedhebát]: or, as given by Meyd, [and in the A,] وَقَعُوا [they fell into the valley of Jedhebát]: a celebrated prov.: applied to a man who has missed the object of his aim or pursuit; جذبات being said to be derived from جَذَبَ الصَّبِىَّ “ he weaned the boy; ” because, in weaning, a child sometimes dies: or from اِنْجَذَبُوا فِى السَّيْرِ, or اِنْجَذَبَ بِهِمُ
السَّيْرُ, explained above: or, accord. to some, the right reading is جَدَبَاتٍ: or, as Az says, on the authority of As, the most correct reading is خَدِبَاتٍ, from خَدَبَتْهُ الحَيَّةُ “ the serpent bit him; ” and the prov. is applied to him who falls into perdition, and to him who wanders in perplexity from the object of his aim or desire. [See also another reading in art. خرب.]
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