# Ha-Vav-Be — حوب (Hwb)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To transgress, commit a sin, do what is unlawful, be in an evil condition or state, to slay, pursue a course which leads to sin or crime, to cry or cry out in sorrow and grief, to lament or complain.
- **Derived forms:** حُوب (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 4. Surah An-Nisa, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** حُوبًۭا — ḥūban · "a sin"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَاٰتُوا الْيَتَامٰٓى اَمْوَالَهُمْ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا الْخَب۪يثَ بِالطَّيِّبِۖ وَلَا تَأْكُلُٓوا اَمْوَالَهُمْ اِلٰٓى اَمْوَالِكُمْۜ  اِنَّهُ كَانَ حُوباً كَب۪يراً

Waatoo alyatama amwalahumwala tatabaddaloo alkhabeetha bittayyibiwala ta/kuloo amwalahum ila amwalikuminnahu kana hooban kabeera

And give the fatherless their property; and exchange not the bad for the good, nor consume their property into your property; that is a great misdeed.

_https://quran.so/surah-an-nisa/verse-2.md_

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