# Elif-Vav-he — اوه (Awh)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/Awh

- **Meaning:** Compassionate person, one who shows pity by frequently sighing, one who sighs and cries.
- **Derived forms:** أَوَّٰه (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 114

- **Form in this verse:** لَأَوَّٰهٌ — la-awwāhun · "(was) compassionate"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

وَمَا كَانَ اسْتِغْفَارُ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لِاَب۪يهِ اِلَّا عَنْ مَوْعِدَةٍ وَعَدَهَٓا اِيَّاهُۚ فَلَمَّا تَبَيَّنَ لَـهُٓ اَنَّهُ عَدُوٌّ لِلّٰهِ تَبَرَّاَ مِنْهُۜ اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لَاَوَّاهٌ حَل۪يمٌ

Wama kana istighfaruibraheema li-abeehi illa AAan mawAAidatin waAAadahaiyyahu falamma tabayyana lahu annahu AAaduwwun lillahitabarraa minhu inna ibraheema laawwahun haleem

And the request for forgiveness of Abraham for his father was only because of a promise he had promised him; but when it had become clear to him that he was an enemy to God, he declared himself quit of him; Abraham was compassionate and clement.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-114.md_

### 11. Surah Hud, Verse 75

- **Form in this verse:** أَوَّٰهٌۭ — awwāhun · "imploring"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

اِنَّ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ لَحَل۪يمٌ اَوَّاهٌ مُن۪يبٌ

Inna ibraheema lahaleemun awwahunmuneeb

Abraham was clement, compassionate, penitent.

_https://quran.so/surah-hud/verse-75.md_

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