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هَلْ

interrogative  ·  1 entry  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 93

This is Lane’s article on هَلْ. In the printed Lexicon he files it under هل — that is where it appears on the page, not the word’s root.

Lane’s articleهَلْ4 senses · 1 main
1

It may be originally هَلْو, or هَلْى, or هَلّ. (Akh, under the word بل.)

See بَلْ.

1.1

For هَلْ followed by إِلَى, see that latter word.

1.2

For حَىّ هَلَ, see حى.

1.3

For هَلَّا, see حَضَّةٌ; and عَنْ, latter part; and لَوْلَا; and أَلَّا.

Show Lane's original text
may be originally هَلْو or هَلْى or هَلّ : (Akh, in S, voce بل :) see بَلْ . هَلْ followed by إِلَى : see the latter. حَىّ هَلَ : see حى . هَلَّا : see حَضَّةٌ and عَنْ , latter part, and لَوْلَا , and أَلَّا .