# Ye-Be-Sin — يبس (ybs)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

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

- **Meaning:** withered, dry, became stiff/rigid/tough/firm/hard, resisting pressure
- **Derived forms:** يَابِس (1) · يَابِسَٰت (2) · يَبَس (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 6. Surah Al-An'am, Verse 59

- **Form in this verse:** يَابِسٍ — yābisin · "dry"
  - **Grammar:** noun · active · masculine · genitive case · indefinite

وَعِنْدَهُ مَفَاتِـحُ الْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْلَمُهَٓا اِلَّا هُوَۜ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِۜ وَمَا تَسْقُطُ مِنْ وَرَقَةٍ اِلَّا يَعْلَمُهَا وَلَا حَبَّةٍ ف۪ي ظُلُمَاتِ الْاَرْضِ وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ اِلَّا ف۪ي كِتَابٍ مُب۪ينٍ

WaAAindahu mafatihu alghaybi layaAAlamuha illa huwa wayaAAlamu ma feealbarri walbahri wama tasqutu minwaraqatin illa yaAAlamuha wala habbatinfee thulumati al-ardi wala ratbinwala yabisin illa fee kitabin mubeen

And with Him are the keys of the Unseen; and none knows them but He. And He knows what is in the land and the sea; and not a leaf falls but He knows it; nor is there a grain in the darknesses of the earth, and nothing moist or dry, but is in a clear writ.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-anam/verse-59.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 43

- **Form in this verse:** يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ ۖ — yābisātin · "dry"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

وَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ اِنّ۪ٓي اَرٰى سَبْعَ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعَ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۜ يَٓا اَيُّهَا الْمَلَأُ اَفْتُون۪ي ف۪ي رُءْيَايَ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ لِلرُّءْيَا تَعْبُرُونَ

Waqala almaliku innee arasabAAa baqaratin simanin ya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafunwasabAAa sunbulatin khudrin waokhara yabisatinya ayyuha almalao aftoonee fee ru/yaya inkuntum lirru/ya taAAburoon

And the King said: “I dreamed of seven fat cows, which seven lean were eating; and seven green ears of corn and others withered. O eminent ones: advise me concerning my dream, if you can interpret visions.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-43.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 46

- **Form in this verse:** يَابِسَـٰتٍۢ — yābisātin · "dry"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · feminine, plural · genitive case · indefinite

يُوسُفُ اَيُّهَا الصِّدّ۪يقُ اَفْتِنَا ف۪ي سَبْعِ بَقَرَاتٍ سِمَانٍ يَأْكُلُهُنَّ سَبْعٌ عِجَافٌ وَسَبْعِ سُنْبُلَاتٍ خُضْرٍ وَاُخَرَ يَابِسَاتٍۙ لَعَلّ۪ٓي اَرْجِعُ اِلَى النَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Yoosufu ayyuha assiddeequaftina fee sabAAi baqaratin simaninya/kuluhunna sabAAun AAijafun wasabAAi sunbulatinkhudrin waokhara yabisatin laAAallee arjiAAuila annasi laAAallahum yaAAlamoon

“Joseph, O man of truth: advise thou us concerning the seven fat cows which seven lean were eating, and the seven green ears of corn and others withered, that I might return to the people, that they might know.”

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-46.md_

### 20. Surah Taha, Verse 77

- **Form in this verse:** يَبَسًۭا — yabasan · "dry"
  - **Grammar:** adjective · masculine, singular · accusative case · indefinite

وَلَقَدْ اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى مُوسٰٓى اَنْ اَسْرِ بِعِبَاد۪ي فَاضْرِبْ لَهُمْ طَر۪يقاً فِي الْبَحْرِ يَبَساًۚ لَا تَخَافُ دَرَكاً وَلَا تَخْشٰى

Walaqad awhayna ilamoosa an asri biAAibadee fadriblahum tareeqan fee albahri yabasan la takhafudarakan wala takhsha

And We instructed Moses: “Travel thou by night with My servants; and strike thou for them a dry path in the sea, neither fearing overtaking nor being afraid.”

_https://quran.so/surah-taha/verse-77.md_

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