# Kh-Ye-Mim — خيم (xym)

> Occurs in 1 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** Hold back or refrain from someone through cowardice and fear, raise one's leg or foot, pitch one's tent, remain/stay/dwell in a place, unable to place one's leg or foot firmly on the ground.
- **Derived forms:** خِيَام (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 55. Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 72

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْخِيَامِ — l-khiyāmi · "the pavilions"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine, plural · genitive case

حُورٌ مَقْصُورَاتٌ فِي الْخِيَامِۚ

Hoorun maqsooratun feealkhiyam

Pure-eyed maidens, sheltered in pavilions;

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rahman/verse-72.md_

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