نطب

نِطَابٌ ذ The head. (Th, K.) Respecting the saying of El-Jo'eyd El-Murádee, نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ على نِطَابِهِ ISk says, No one has explained it, and the reading better known is على تَطْيَابِهِ, meaning “ notwithstanding the sweetness (طِيب) that was in him: ” for the man spoken of was going in to a bride of the tribe of Murád: but accord. to some, نطاب here signifies The tendon of the neck; syn. حَبْلُ العُنُقِ; so in the K, on the authority of Aboo- 'Adnán alone; or حبل العَاتِقِ, accord. to IAar, who cites this verse: نَحْنُ ضَرَبْنَاهُ عَلَى نِطَابِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ قُلْنَا بِهِ [ We smote him on the tendon of the upper part of his shoulders: we slew him: we slew him: we slew him ]. قلنا به signifies قَتَلْنَاهُ. (TA.)