# Lam-Ha-Ye — لحي (lHy)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Beard, part of turban under lower jaw, jaw-bone, bark of a tree, skin of grapes.
- **Derived forms:** لِحْيَت (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 94

- **Form in this verse:** بِلِحْيَتِى — biliḥ'yatī · "by my beard"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

قَالَ يَبْنَؤُ۬مَّ لَا تَأْخُذْ بِلِحْيَت۪ي وَلَا بِرَأْس۪يۚ اِنّ۪ي خَش۪يتُ اَنْ تَقُولَ فَرَّقْتَ بَيْنَ بَن۪ٓي اِسْرَٓائ۪لَ وَلَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْل۪ي

Qala yabnaomma la ta/khuthbilihyatee wala bira/see innee khasheetu an taqoolafarraqta bayna banee isra-eela walam tarqub qawlee

Said he: “O son of my mother: seize thou me not by my beard, nor by my head! I feared lest thou say: ‘Thou hast caused division among the children of Israel, and hast not observed my word.’”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-94.md_

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