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Laleh Bakhtiar - Concordance of the Sublime Quran
Hans Wehr - Dictionary of Modern Arabic

Qaf-Waw-Ba



to dig a hole like an egg, draw near, fly away.


qab

space between the middle and the end of a bow, portion of a bow that is between the part which is grasped by the hand and the curved extremity, space of one extremity of the bow to the other, short measure of space/length/distance (often used to imply closeness of relationship).



qaba

n.m.

53:9
فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ أَوْ أَدْنَى
Fakāna Qāba Qawsayni 'Aw 'Adná

Until he became as near as two bow-lengths or nearer.



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