# Cim-Be-Be — جبب (jbb)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** A well, a well containing much water, a deep/wide well, he shrank/withdrew/was averse/went away, the act of fleeing. A cavity in a mountain in which the water of the rain collects.
- **Derived forms:** جُبّ (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 10

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجُبِّ — l-jubi · "(of) the well"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

قَالَ قَٓائِلٌ مِنْهُمْ لَا تَقْتُلُوا يُوسُفَ وَاَلْقُوهُ ف۪ي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّ يَلْتَقِطْهُ بَعْضُ السَّيَّارَةِ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ فَاعِل۪ينَ

Qala qa-ilun minhum lataqtuloo yoosufa waalqoohu fee ghayabati aljubbi yaltaqithubaAAdu assayyarati in kuntum faAAileen

Said a speaker among them: “Kill not Joseph, but cast him into the depth of the well — some caravan will gather him up — if you must act.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-10.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 15

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْجُبِّ ۚ — l-jubi · "(of) the well"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَلَمَّا ذَهَبُوا بِه۪ وَاَجْمَعُٓوا اَنْ يَجْعَلُوهُ ف۪ي غَيَابَتِ الْجُبِّۚ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْهِ لَتُنَبِّئَنَّهُمْ بِاَمْرِهِمْ هٰذَا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Falamma thahaboo bihiwaajmaAAoo an yajAAaloohu fee ghayabati aljubbi waawhaynailayhi latunabi-annahum bi-amrihim hatha wahum layashAAuroon

Then when they went with him, and agreed to place him in the depth of the well[...]. And We revealed to him: “Thou wilt inform them of this deed of theirs when they perceive not.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-15.md_

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