# Kh-Be-Za — خبز (xbz)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** To feed with bread, to make or knead bread, he beat him or it.
- **Derived forms:** خُبْز (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 36

- **Form in this verse:** خُبْزًۭا — khub'zan · "bread"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case · indefinite

وَدَخَلَ مَعَهُ السِّجْنَ فَتَيَانِۜ قَالَ اَحَدُهُمَٓا اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَعْصِرُ خَمْراًۚ وَقَالَ الْاٰخَرُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰين۪ٓي اَحْمِلُ فَوْقَ رَأْس۪ي خُبْزاً تَأْكُلُ الطَّيْرُ مِنْهُۜ نَبِّئْنَا بِتَأْو۪يلِه۪ۚ اِنَّا نَرٰيكَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِن۪ينَ

Wadakhala maAAahu assijna fatayaniqala ahaduhuma innee aranee aAAsirukhamran waqala al-akharu innee aranee ahmilufawqa ra/see khubzan ta/kulu attayru minhu nabbi/nabita/weelihi inna naraka mina almuhsineen

And two young men entered the prison with him. One of them said: “I dreamed that I was pressing wine.” And the other said: “I dreamed that I was bearing upon my head bread whereof the birds were eating — inform thou us of the interpretation; we see thou art among the doers of good.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-36.md_

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