# Be-Dad-Ayn — بضع (bDE)

> Occurs in 7 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To cut, to slice, to have sexual intercourse, few (for numbers between 3-9), to break hymen, to slice up, to chop, to break something into pieces
- **Derived forms:** بِضْع (2) · بِضَٰعَة (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** بِضَـٰعَةًۭ ۚ — biḍāʿatan · "(as) a merchandise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case · indefinite

وَجَٓاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهُۜ قَالَ يَا بُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلَامٌۜ وَاَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wajaat sayyaratun faarsaloo waridahumfaadla dalwahu qala ya bushra hathaghulamun waasarroohu bidaAAatan wallahuAAaleemun bima yaAAmaloon

And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-19.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 42

- **Form in this verse:** بِضْعَ — biḍ'ʿa · "several"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَقَالَ لِلَّذ۪ي ظَنَّ اَنَّهُ نَاجٍ مِنْهُمَا اذْكُرْن۪ي عِنْدَ رَبِّكَۘ فَاَنْسٰيهُ الشَّيْطَانُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّه۪ فَلَبِثَ فِي السِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِن۪ينَۜ ۟

Waqala lillathee thannaannahu najin minhuma othkurnee AAindarabbika faansahu ashshaytanu thikrarabbihi falabitha fee assijni bidAAa sineen

And he said to him he knew would be delivered of the two: “Remember thou me before thy lord.” But the satan caused him to forget the mention to his lord; so he stayed in prison some years.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-42.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 62

- **Form in this verse:** بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ — biḍāʿatahum · "their merchandise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَقَالَ لِفِتْيَانِهِ اجْعَلُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ ف۪ي رِحَالِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَـهَٓا اِذَا انْقَلَـبُٓوا اِلٰٓى اَهْلِهِمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Waqala lifityanihi ijAAaloo bidaAAatahumfee rihalihim laAAallahum yaAArifoonaha ithainqalaboo ila ahlihim laAAallahum yarjiAAoon

And he said to his servants: “Put their merchandise in their saddlebags, that they might recognise it when they return to their people, that they might return.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-62.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** بِضَـٰعَتَهُمْ — biḍāʿatahum · "their merchandise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · accusative case

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ اِلَيْهِمْۜ قَالُوا يَٓا اَبَانَا مَا نَبْغ۪يۜ هٰذِه۪ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ اِلَيْنَاۚ وَنَم۪يرُ اَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ اَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَع۪يرٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَس۪يرٌ

Walamma fatahoo mataAAahumwajadoo bidaAAatahum ruddat ilayhim qaloo yaabana ma nabghee hathihi bidaAAatunaruddat ilayna wanameeru ahlana wanahfathuakhana wanazdadu kayla baAAeerin thalikakaylun yaseer

And when they opened their possessions, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said: “O our father: what more can we ask! This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will get provision for our people and guard our brother, and will have increase of a camel’s measure — that is an easy measure.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-65.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 65

- **Form in this verse:** بِضَـٰعَتُنَا — biḍāʿatunā · "(is) our merchandise"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَلَمَّا فَتَحُوا مَتَاعَهُمْ وَجَدُوا بِضَاعَتَهُمْ رُدَّتْ اِلَيْهِمْۜ قَالُوا يَٓا اَبَانَا مَا نَبْغ۪يۜ هٰذِه۪ بِضَاعَتُنَا رُدَّتْ اِلَيْنَاۚ وَنَم۪يرُ اَهْلَنَا وَنَحْفَظُ اَخَانَا وَنَزْدَادُ كَيْلَ بَع۪يرٍۜ ذٰلِكَ كَيْلٌ يَس۪يرٌ

Walamma fatahoo mataAAahumwajadoo bidaAAatahum ruddat ilayhim qaloo yaabana ma nabghee hathihi bidaAAatunaruddat ilayna wanameeru ahlana wanahfathuakhana wanazdadu kayla baAAeerin thalikakaylun yaseer

And when they opened their possessions, they found their merchandise returned to them. They said: “O our father: what more can we ask! This is our merchandise returned to us. And we will get provision for our people and guard our brother, and will have increase of a camel’s measure — that is an easy measure.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-65.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 88

- **Form in this verse:** بِبِضَـٰعَةٍۢ — bibiḍāʿatin · "with goods"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case · indefinite

فَلَمَّا دَخَلُوا عَلَيْهِ قَالُوا يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْعَز۪يزُ مَسَّنَا وَاَهْلَنَا الضُّرُّ وَجِئْنَا بِبِضَاعَةٍ مُزْجٰيةٍ فَاَوْفِ لَنَا الْكَيْلَ وَتَصَدَّقْ عَلَيْنَاۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ يَجْزِي الْمُتَصَدِّق۪ينَ

Falamma dakhaloo AAalayhi qalooya ayyuha alAAazeezu massana waahlanaaddurru waji/na bibidaAAatin muzjatinfaawfi lana alkayla watasaddaq AAalayna innaAllaha yajzee almutasaddiqeen

And when they entered upon him, they said: “O Governor: affliction has touched us and our people, and we have come with paltry merchandise. Fulfil thou for us the measure, and be thou charitable to us; God rewards the charitable.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-88.md_

### 30. Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** بِضْعِ — biḍ'ʿi · "a few"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

ف۪ي بِضْعِ سِن۪ينَۜ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمِنْ بَعْدُۜ وَيَوْمَئِذٍ يَفْرَحُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَۙ

Fee bidAAi sineena lillahial-amru min qablu wamin baAAdu wayawma-ithin yafrahualmu/minoon

In a few years — to God belongs the command before and after — and, that day, the believers will exult

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rum/verse-4.md_

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