# Ha-Dal-Be — حدب (Hdb)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To be protuberant; Convex; Humpbacked. To rise, to grow up or out, grow high, to be affectionate or favourable or kind, to defend someone, elevate or raise high the back, to be curved/winding and long.
- **Derived forms:** حَدَب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 21. Surah Al-Anbiya, Verse 96

- **Form in this verse:** حَدَبٍۢ — ḥadabin · "elevation"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

حَتّٰٓى اِذَا فُتِحَتْ يَأْجُوجُ وَمَأْجُوجُ وَهُمْ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَبٍ يَنْسِلُونَ

Hatta itha futihatya/jooju wama/jooju wahum min kulli hadabin yansiloon

When Ya’jūj and Ma’jūj have been loosed, and they from every elevation hasten forth[...]

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anbiya/verse-96.md_

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