# Be-Kh-Ayn — بخع (bxE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** kill oneself with grief/wrath/rage, exceed the ordinary bounds in subduing and abasing themselves by obedience, doing anything to a great extent, in great degree, egregiously or with much energy and effectiveness, consume/torment oneself
- **Derived forms:** بَٰخِع (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 18. Surah Al-Kahf, Verse 6

- **Form in this verse:** بَـٰخِعٌۭ — bākhiʿun · "the one who kills"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

فَلَعَلَّكَ بَاخِـعٌ نَفْسَكَ عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ اِنْ لَمْ يُؤْمِنُوا بِهٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِ اَسَفاً

FalaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka AAalaatharihim in lam yu/minoo bihatha alhadeethiasafa

Then mightest thou destroy thy soul — in their footsteps — from grief, if they believe not in this narrative.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-kahf/verse-6.md_

### 26. Surah Ash-Shu'ara, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** بَـٰخِعٌۭ — bākhiʿun · "(would) kill"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · nominative case · indefinite

لَعَلَّكَ بَاخِعٌ نَفْسَكَ اَلَّا يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِن۪ينَ

LaAAallaka bakhiAAun nafsaka allayakoonoo mu/mineen

Thou mightest destroy thy soul from grief that they are not believers.

_https://quran.so/surah-ash-shuara/verse-3.md_

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