نِطَابٌ
Root: نطب
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نِطَابٌ
The head. Respecting the saying of El-Jo'eyd El-Murádee,
ISk says, No one has explained it, and the reading better known is على تَطْيَابِهِ, meaning “ notwithstanding the sweetness (طِيب) that was in him: ” for the man spoken of was going in to a bride of the tribe of Murád: but accord. to some, نطاب here signifies The tendon of the neck; syn. حَبْلُ العُنُقِ; so in the K, on the authority of Aboo- 'Adnán alone; or حبل العَاتِقِ, accord. to IAar, who cites this verse:نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ على نِطَابِهِ
[We smote him on the tendon of the upper part of his shoulders: we slew him: we slew him: we slew him]. قلنا به signifies قَتَلْنَاهُ.نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ عَلَى نِطَابِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ
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