# Nun-Be-Ayn — نبع (nbE)

> Occurs in 2 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** to spring, gush/issue forth, flow out, emerge
- **Derived forms:** يَنبُوع (2)

## Verses containing this root

### 17. Surah Al-Isra, Verse 90

- **Form in this verse:** يَنۢبُوعًا — yanbūʿan · "a spring"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَقَالُوا لَنْ نُؤْمِنَ لَكَ حَتّٰى تَفْجُرَ لَنَا مِنَ الْاَرْضِ يَنْبُوعاًۙ

Waqaloo lan nu/mina laka hattatafjura lana mina al-ardi yanbooAAa

And they say: “We will not believe thee until thou cause a spring to gush forth from the earth for us,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-isra/verse-90.md_

### 39. Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 21

- **Form in this verse:** يَنَـٰبِيعَ — yanābīʿa · "(as) springs"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine, plural · accusative case

اَلَمْ تَرَ اَنَّ اللّٰهَ اَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَاب۪يعَ فِي الْاَرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِه۪ زَرْعاً مُخْتَلِفاً اَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَه۪يجُ فَـتَرٰيهُ مُصْفَراًّ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَاماًۜ اِنَّ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ لَذِكْرٰى لِاُو۬لِي الْاَلْبَابِ۟

Alam tara anna Allaha anzala mina assama-imaan fasalakahu yanabeeAAa fee al-ardithumma yukhriju bihi zarAAan mukhtalifan alwanuhu thummayaheeju fatarahu musfarran thumma yajAAaluhu hutamaninna fee thalika lathikra li-olee al-albab

Dost thou not see that God sent down from the sky water, and inserted it as springs in the earth? Then He brings forth a crop differing in its hues; then it withers, and thou seest it turned to yellow; then He makes it debris. In that is a reminder for men of understanding.

_https://quran.so/surah-az-zumar/verse-21.md_

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