# Cim-Zal-Ayn — جذع (jpE)

> Occurs in 3 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Log, tree trunk, root, foundation, main, original, essential, stem
- **Derived forms:** جِذْع (3)

## Verses containing this root

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 23

- **Form in this verse:** جِذْعِ — jidh'ʿi · "(the) trunk"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

فَاَجَٓاءَهَا الْمَخَاضُ اِلٰى جِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِۚ قَالَتْ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي مِتُّ قَبْلَ هٰذَا وَكُنْتُ نَسْياً مَنْسِياًّ

Faajaaha almakhadu ilajithAAi annakhlati qalat ya laytaneemittu qabla hatha wakuntu nasyan mansiyya

And the pains of childbirth brought her to the trunk of the date-palm. She said: “Would that I had died before this and been utterly forgotten!”

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-23.md_

### 19. Surah Maryam, Verse 25

- **Form in this verse:** بِجِذْعِ — bijidh'ʿi · "(the) trunk"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · genitive case

وَهُزّ۪ٓي اِلَيْكِ بِجِذْعِ النَّخْلَةِ تُسَاقِطْ عَلَيْكِ رُطَباً جَنِياًّۘ

Wahuzzee ilayki bijithAAi annakhlatitusaqit AAalayki rutaban janiyya

“And shake thou towards thee the trunk of the date-palm; it will drop upon thee ripe, fresh dates.

_https://quran.so/surah-maryam/verse-25.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 71

- **Form in this verse:** جُذُوعِ — judhūʿi · "(the) trunks"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · genitive case

قَالَ اٰمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ اَنْ اٰذَنَ لَكُمْۜ  اِنَّهُ لَكَب۪يرُكُمُ الَّذ۪ي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَۚ فَلَاُقَطِّعَنَّ اَيْدِيَكُمْ وَاَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ وَلَاُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ ف۪ي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِۘ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ اَيُّـنَٓا اَشَدُّ عَذَاباً وَاَبْقٰى

Qala amantum lahu qabla an athanalakum innahu lakabeerukumu allathee AAallamakumu assihrafalaoqattiAAanna aydiyakum waarjulakum min khilafinwalaosallibannakum fee juthooAAi annakhliwalataAAlamunna ayyuna ashaddu AAathaban waabqa

Said he: “You have believed him before I gave you leave. He is your chief who taught you sorcery; then will I will cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides, and crucify you on the trunks of date-palms; and you will know which of us is severer in punishment and more enduring.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-71.md_

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