Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 18:81:3

يُبْدِلَهُمَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): يُبْدِلَهُمَا Quranic text
Simple: يُبْدِلَهُمَا
Without tashkeel: يبدلهما
Normalised (searchable): يبدلهما

Position

Computed

Surah: 18 · The Cave
Verse: 18:81
Word in verse: 3
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:18:81:3

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: would change for them
Transliteration: yub'dilahumā

Root: ب د لb-d-l
Lemma: يُبْدِلَ
Part of speech: Verb (V)
Features: tense: IMPFmood: SUBJperson: 3gender: Mnumber: singularverb_form: 4

Sub-word segments

يُبْدِلَstem · V · ب د ل
هُمَاsuffix · PRON

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In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

The Cave 18:81Quranic text

فَأَرَدْنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَهُمَا رَبُّهُمَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهُ زَكَوٰةً وَأَقْرَبَ رُحْمًا

← أَن 18:81:2 رَبُّهُمَا 18:81:4 →

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 18:81 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

So we wanted their Lord to replace him with someone better in purity, and closer to mercy

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And we intended that their Lord should change him for them for one better in purity and nearer to mercy

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And we desired that their Lord might give them in his place a child, better than he in virtue, and nearer to filial piety

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

So we desired that their Lord would give them in exchange a better one than him in purity, and nearer in filial affection

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 1 occurrence

Computed

This exact form appears only here — it is a hapax in the corpus.

Root ب د ل · 44 occurrences

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

The root ب د ل occurs 44 times across 33 distinct forms.

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