# Ha-Nun-Cim-Ra — حنجر (Hnjr)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To slaughter by cutting the throat. hanjarah - throat, windpipe, passage of breathing, head of the windpipe, whole of the larynx.
- **Derived forms:** حَنَاجِر (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 33. Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَنَاجِرَ — l-ḥanājira · "the throats"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اِذْ جَٓاؤُ۫كُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ اَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَاِذْ زَاغَتِ الْاَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللّٰهِ الظُّنُونَا

Ith jaookum min fawqikum waminasfala minkum wa-ith zaghati al-absaruwabalaghati alquloobu alhanajira watathunnoonabillahi aththunoona

When they came to you from above you, and from beneath you, and when your eyes swerved and your hearts reached your throats, and you thought thoughts about God,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-ahzab/verse-10.md_

### 40. Surah Ghafir, Verse 18

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحَنَاجِرِ — l-ḥanājiri · "the throats"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

وَاَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْاٰزِفَةِ اِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَنَاجِرِ كَاظِم۪ينَۜ مَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ مِنْ حَم۪يمٍ وَلَا شَف۪يعٍ يُطَاعُۜ

Waanthirhum yawma al-azifati ithialquloobu lada alhanajiri kathimeenama liththalimeena min hameeminwala shafeeAAin yutaAA

And warn thou them of the Day of the Drawing Near, when the hearts will choke in the throats: — No loyal friend for the wrongdoers! No intercessor who is obeyed!

_https://quran.so/surah-ghafir/verse-18.md_

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