# Kh-Mim-Ta — خمط (xmT)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Disagreeable in taste, choking (applied to a fruit), to be bitter, acidic; a bitter plant.
- **Derived forms:** خَمْط (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 34. Surah Saba, Verse 16

- **Form in this verse:** خَمْطٍۢ — khamṭin · "bitter"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · genitive case · indefinite

فَاَعْرَضُوا فَاَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَيْلَ الْعَرِمِ وَبَدَّلْنَاهُمْ بِجَنَّتَيْهِمْ جَنَّتَيْنِ ذَوَاتَيْ اُكُلٍ خَمْطٍ وَاَثْلٍ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ سِدْرٍ قَل۪يلٍ

FaaAAradoo faarsalna AAalayhimsayla alAAarimi wabaddalnahum bijannatayhim jannatayni thawatayokulin khamtin waathlin washay-in min sidrin qaleel

Then they turned away, so We sent upon them the flooding of the dam, and gave them in exchange for their two gardens, two gardens bearing bitter fruit, and tamarisk, and something of sparse lote trees.

_https://quran.so/surah-saba/verse-16.md_

---
Retrieved: 2026-08-16
Quran.so — https://quran.so — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 — When quoting, name the translator.