# Ha-Vav-Za — حوز (Hwz)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To gather together to oneãs self, rally to, retreat to, turn to, to take/obtain/have/get/acquire possession or occupation of a thing, to comprehend/comprise/embrace a thing, to take a thing and mark out its boundaries and hold exclusive right to it, overcome/master/conquer a thing, remove a thing from its place, put something away, place something at a distance, to writh or twist about, turn over and over, to be restless and unquiet, not remain still, remove/withdraw/retire to a distance and draw back from a person or thing, to tarry or loiter, to be slow or tedious in rising, to leave a place/turn away to another place, turn away from a person, also turn towards a person and join oneself with him.
- **Derived forms:** مُتَحَيِّز (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 8. Surah Al-Anfal, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** مُتَحَيِّزًا — mutaḥayyizan · "(to) join"
  - **Grammar:** noun · pattern of tefa'ul · active · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَمَنْ يُوَلِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ دُبُرَهُٓ اِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفاً لِقِتَالٍ اَوْ مُتَحَيِّزاً اِلٰى فِئَةٍ فَقَدْ بَٓاءَ بِغَضَبٍ مِنَ اللّٰهِ وَمَأْوٰيهُ جَهَنَّمُۜ وَبِئْسَ الْمَص۪يرُ

Waman yuwallihim yawma-ithin duburahuilla mutaharrifan liqitalin aw mutahayyizanila fi-atin faqad baa bighadabin mina Allahiwama/wahu jahannamu wabi/sa almaseer

And whoso, that day, turns his back to them save as a manoeuvre for battle, or joining a company, he has incurred wrath from God; and his shelter is Gehenna; and evil is the journey’s end.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anfal/verse-16.md_

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