حَذَمَهُ
Root: حذم
Form: 1
Full Definition
حَذَمَهُI
, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun حَذْمٌ, He cut it, or cut it off, in any manner: or hastily, or quickly.
2 And [He did it quickly: or] he was quick in it; [as also حَذَمَ فِيهِ;] i. e., in any action. You say, حَذَمَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, and قِرَآءَتِهِ, فى He was quick [in his walking, or going, and in his reading, or reciting]: and so in other things: by “ other things ” being here meant walking and the like; for حَذْمٌ, of which the verb is حَذَمَ, signifies the being quick in walking, app. with a stretching out of the arms backwards: and a light, an active, or an agile, walking. [See also حَذَمَانٌ, below.] Hence, 'Omar said, to the مُؤَذّن of Jerusalem, إِذَا أَذَّنْتَ قَتَرَسَّلْ وَإِذَا أَقَمْتَ فَٱحْذِمْ, i. e. [When thou chantest the أَذَان, be moderate; not quick: and when thou chantest the إِقَامَة,] cut short the lengthening of thine utterance; meaning, be quick in the اقامة: another reading is said to have been given by Z, namely, [فَٱخْذِمْ,] with خ.
2 And [He did it quickly: or] he was quick in it; [as also حَذَمَ فِيهِ;] i. e., in any action. You say, حَذَمَ فِى مَشْيِهِ, and قِرَآءَتِهِ, فى He was quick [in his walking, or going, and in his reading, or reciting]: and so in other things: by “ other things ” being here meant walking and the like; for حَذْمٌ, of which the verb is حَذَمَ, signifies the being quick in walking, app. with a stretching out of the arms backwards: and a light, an active, or an agile, walking. [See also حَذَمَانٌ, below.] Hence, 'Omar said, to the مُؤَذّن of Jerusalem, إِذَا أَذَّنْتَ قَتَرَسَّلْ وَإِذَا أَقَمْتَ فَٱحْذِمْ, i. e. [When thou chantest the أَذَان, be moderate; not quick: and when thou chantest the إِقَامَة,] cut short the lengthening of thine utterance; meaning, be quick in the اقامة: another reading is said to have been given by Z, namely, [فَٱخْذِمْ,] with خ.
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