Form 1جَابَ1 sense
Core sense — he cut an opening in itgenerated
see 1 in art. جوب, in two places.
Core sense — he cut an opening in itgenerated
see 1 in art. جوب, in two places.
Core sense — he made an opening at the neck and bosom of itgenerated
see 1 in art. جوب.
Core sense — the opening at the neck and bosom of a shirt; the heart, the bosomgenerated
As, for instance, of a coat of mail.
[The Arabs often carry things within the bosom of the shirt and the like; and so the word is now applied by them to A pocket.]
Or: the opening of a shirt at the uppermost part of the breast; or the opening in a garment for the head to be put through; or such an opening as a sleeve and a طَوْق.
Plural (of multitude) جُيُوبٌ, also pronounced جِيُوبٌ [like بِيُوتٌ for بُيُوتٌ]; and (of paucity) أَجْيَابٌ.
This is said to be its proper article, not جوب, because its plural is جُيُوبٌ.
The heart; the bosom.
Or: trusty, trustworthy, or faithful. [See also art. نصح.]
A poet says: [And you have exasperated a bosom the heart of which was faithful to you]
Mentioned in the article دنس.
See art. ردع.
Plural جُيُوبٌ.
And say to the believing women that they should lower their gaze and guard their modesty; that they should not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or the slaves whom their right hands possess, or male servants free of physical needs, or small children who have no sense of the shame of sex; and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments. And O ye Believers! turn ye all together towards Allah, that ye may attain Bliss.
"Now put thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white without stain (or harm): (these are) among the nine Signs (thou wilt take) to Pharaoh and his people: for they are a people rebellious in transgression."
"Move thy hand into thy bosom, and it will come forth white without stain (or harm), and draw thy hand close to thy side (to guard) against fear. Those are the two credentials from thy Lord to Pharaoh and his Chiefs: for truly they are a people rebellious and wicked."
Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.
Core sense — an opening cut in a garmentgenerated
See art. جوب.
Core sense — hollowed sapphiresgenerated
Hollowed [sapphires]: occurring in a tradition describing the banks of the river of Paradise.
But according to one reading it is لُؤْلُؤٌ مُجَوَّبٌ; according to another, مُجَيَّبٌ or مَجَوَّفٌ; and according to another, مُجَيَّبٌ or مُجَوَّبٌ.