جلهم

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sides or edges of a valley, often with a sense of being prominent or distinct. It also extends to personal names and a term for a large rock or plateau, and a tribe.

Derived headwords

الجُلْهُمَتَيْنِnoun

1.
Sides of a valleyclassical
Refers to the sides or edges of a valley. This is the most common interpretation in the context of the provided Hadith.

حتى تأذن لحجارة الجلهمتين — until you grant permission to the stones of the two sides (of the valley)

الجُلْهُمَةnoun

1.
Side of a valleyclassical
The side or edge of a valley. It is mentioned as a less common variant of 'al-jilhatayn'.
2.
Mouth of a valleyclassical
The opening or mouth of a valley. This is another interpretation offered by some lexicographers.

هذا جلهم — This is the side of the valley.

الجُلْهُمَةname

1.
Man's nameclassical
A proper name for a man, derived from the word for the side of a valley.

جلهمة اسم رجل — Juhmah is the name of a man.

جُلْهُمname

1.
Woman's nameclassical
A proper name for a woman, used in classical poetry.

أودى ابن جلهم عباد بصرمته — Ibn Juhum 'Abbad perished with his flock.

الجُلْهُمnoun

1.
Large rock/plateauclassical
A large, prominent rock or a plateau. It signifies a significant geological feature.

الجَلاَهِمname

1.
Tribe nameclassical
A name for a tribe belonging to the Rabīʿah confederation.

حي من ربيعة يقال لهم الجلاهم — A tribe from Rabīʿah called al-Jalāhim.

الجَلْهَةnoun

1.
Side of a valleyclassical
Refers to the side or region of a valley. It is presented as a more common or standard term.

بجلهة الوادي قطا نواهض — on the side of the valley, like rising sandgrouse.

Parallel reading

جلهمتا الوادي: ناحيتاه، وقيل: حافتاه

The two sides of the valley: its two regions, and it was said: its two edges.

أن النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، أخر أبا سفيان في الإذن وأدخل غيره من الناس قبله، فقال: ما كدت تأذن لي حتى تأذن لحجارة الجلهمتين

The Prophet, peace be upon him, delayed Abu Sufyan in granting permission and admitted other people before him, so he said: You almost did not grant me permission until you granted permission to the stones of the two sides (of the valley).

أراد جانبي الوادي

He meant the sides of the valley.

والمعروف الجلهتان

And the known term is al-jilhatayn.

ولم أسمع بالجلهمة إلا في هذا الحديث وما جاءت إلا ولها أصل

And I have not heard of al-juhmah except in this Hadith, and it did not come except that it has an origin.

يقال هذا جلهم

It is said: this is the side of the valley.

والمشهور في الروايتين الجلهمتين، بفتح الجيم

And the famous reading in the two narrations is al-juhmatayn, with a fatḥah on the jīm.

إنه أراد الجلهتين فزاد الميم

He meant al-jilhatayn and added the mīm.

جلهمة اسم رجل، بالضم، منقول من الجلهمة لطرف الوادي

Juhmah is the name of a man, with a ḍammah, derived from al-juhmah for the edge of the valley.

والجلهة ناحية الوادي

And al-jilhah is the side of the valley.

كأنها وقد بدا عوارض، ... والليل بين قنوين رابض، بجلهة الوادي قطا نواهض

As if she, and her teeth have appeared... and the night is lying between two mountain peaks, on the side of the valley, like rising sandgrouse.

الجلهمة فم الوادي، وقيل: جانبه، زيدت فيها الميم كما زيدت في زرقم وستهم

Al-juhmah is the mouth of the valley, and it was said: its side; the mīm was added to it as it was added to zargam and sittam.

قصمل الشيء إذا كسره وأصله قصل

Qaslama a thing if you break it, and its origin is qasala.

جلمط شعره إذا حلقه والأصل جلط

Jalamṭa his hair if you shave it, and the origin is jalṭa.

وفرصم الشيء إذا قطعه والأصل فرص

And farṣama a thing if you cut it, and the origin is faraṣa.

وجلهم: اسم امرأة؛ أنشد سيبويه للأسود بن يعفر: أودى ابن جلهم عباد بصرمته؛ ... إن ابن جلهم أمسى حية الوادي

And Juhum: is the name of a woman; Sibawayh recited for al-Aswad ibn Ya'fur: Ibn Juhum 'Abbad perished with his flock; ... Indeed, Ibn Juhum has become the snake of the valley.

والجلهم: القارة الضخمة

And al-juhm: the huge rock/plateau.

وح حي من ربيعة يقال لهم الجلاهم

And a tribe from Rabīʿah called al-Jalāhim.