# Ha-Vav-Te — حوت (Hwt)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Fish, whale, large marine animal, sea monster
- **Derived forms:** حُوت (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 7. Surah Al-A'raf, Verse 163

- **Form in this verse:** حِيتَانُهُمْ — ḥītānuhum · "their fish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · nominative case

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّت۪ي كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ الْبَحْرِۢ اِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِي السَّبْتِ اِذْ تَأْت۪يهِمْ ح۪يتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعاً وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَۙ لَا تَأْت۪يهِمْۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْسُقُونَ

Was-alhum AAani alqaryati allatee kanathadirata albahri ith yaAAdoona fee assabtiith ta/teehim heetanuhum yawma sabtihimshurraAAan wayawma la yasbitoona la ta/teehim kathalikanabloohum bima kanoo yafsuqoon

And ask thou them about the town that was by the sea, when they transgressed the Sabbath, when their fish came to them openly on the day of their Sabbath. But on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not to them. Thus did We try them, because they were perfidious.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-araf/verse-163.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 61

- **Form in this verse:** حُوتَهُمَا — ḥūtahumā · "their fish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَباً

Falamma balagha majmaAAabaynihima nasiya hootahuma fattakhathasabeelahu fee albahri saraba

Then when they reached their meeting between them, they forgot their fish; and it took its path into the sea, tunnelling.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-61.md_

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 63

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُوتَ — l-ḥūta · "the fish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

قَالَ اَرَاَيْتَ اِذْ اَوَيْنَٓا اِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَاِنّ۪ي نَس۪يتُ الْحُوتَۘ وَمَٓا اَنْسَان۪يهُ اِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ اَنْ اَذْكُرَهُۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَب۪يلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِۗ عَجَباً

Qala araayta ith awaynaila assakhrati fa-innee naseetu alhootawama ansaneehu illa ashshaytanuan athkurahu wattakhatha sabeelahu fee albahriAAajaba

Said he: “Hast thou considered? When we took shelter at the rock, then I forgot the fish — and there caused me to forget it only the satan, lest I should remember it — and it took its path into the sea, amazingly.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-63.md_

### 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 142

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُوتُ — l-ḥūtu · "the fish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · nominative case

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌ

Faltaqamahu alhootu wahuwamuleem

Then the fish swallowed him, when he was blameworthy.

_https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-142.md_

### 68. Surah Al-Qalam, Verse 48

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْحُوتِ — l-ḥūti · "(of) the fish"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِۢ اِذْ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۜ

Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom

And be thou patient for the judgment of thy Lord; and be thou not like the companion of the fish when he called and was angry.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qalam/verse-48.md_

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