# Cim-Mim-Ha — جمح (jmH)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Overcome or gain mastery over someone, break loose, run away, go at random without any certain aim so as not to be turned by anything, to be refractory, to be quick or swift, to be brisk/lively/sprightly, to go heedlessly without consideration or certain aim and not obeying a guide to the right course, to hasten or go quickly, run like horses that overcame their riders and run away so as not to be governed by them, go forth from a place with out permission, follow one's own natural desire without consideration and not obeying a guide to the right course or conduct.
- **Derived forms:** يَجْمَحُ (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 9. Surah At-Tawbah, Verse 57

- **Form in this verse:** يَجْمَحُونَ — yajmaḥūna · "run wild"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, plural · present tense

لَوْ يَجِدُونَ مَلْجَـٔاً اَوْ مَغَارَاتٍ اَوْ مُدَّخَلاً لَوَلَّوْا اِلَيْهِ وَهُمْ يَجْمَحُونَ

Law yajidoona maljaan aw magharatinaw muddakhalan lawallaw ilayhi wahum yajmahoon

Had they found a refuge, or caves, or a place to enter, they would turn towards it and bolt away.

_https://quran.so/surah-at-tawbah/verse-57.md_

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