# Be-Ha-Se — بحث (bHv)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Digging, scraping, searching in the earth or dust
- **Derived forms:** يَبْحَثُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 5. Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** يَبْحَثُ — yabḥathu · "it (was) scratching"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · present tense

فَبَعَثَ اللّٰهُ غُرَاباً يَبْحَثُ فِي الْاَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُ كَيْفَ يُوَار۪ي سَوْاَةَ اَخ۪يهِۜ قَالَ يَا وَيْلَتٰٓى اَعَجَزْتُ اَنْ اَكُونَ مِثْلَ هٰذَا الْغُرَابِ فَاُوَارِيَ سَوْاَةَ اَخ۪يۚ فَاَصْبَحَ مِنَ النَّادِم۪ينَۚۛ

FabaAAatha Allahu ghuraban yabhathufee al-ardi liyuriyahu kayfa yuwaree saw-ataakheehi qala ya waylata aAAajaztu an akoonamithla hatha alghurabi faowariya saw-ataakhee faasbaha mina annadimeen

Then God raised up a raven, scratching in the earth, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother. He said: “Woe is me! Am I not able to be as this raven, and hide the shame of my brother?” And he became of the remorseful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-maidah/verse-31.md_

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