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حَبْلٌ حبل i. q. رَسَنٌ [as meaning A rope, or cord]; (S;) a certain thing well known; (Msb;) a thing with which one ties, binds, or makes fast, a beast &c.; syn. رِبَاطٌ: (M, K:) and i. q. رَسَنٌ [as meaning a halter]; (M, Msb, K;) as in the Kur cxi. 5; (TA;) and so ↓ مُحَبَّلٌ : (M, K:) in the former sense, the pl. [of pauc.] is أَحْبُلٌ (S, M, K) and أَحْبَالٌ (M, K) and [of mult.] حِبَالٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and حُبُولٌ (M, K) and حِبَالَةٌ (L voce جُرْحٌ) [and حُبُولَةٌ, agreeably with a usage of the Arabs, which is, to add ة to any pl. of the measure فِعَالٌ or of that of فُعُولٌ, (see حَجَرٌ,)] and ↓ حَبَائِلُ , which is anomalous, as in the phrase حَبَائِلُ اللُّؤْلُؤِ [cords of pearls], occurring in a trad.; or this is a mistranscription for جَنَابِذُ, (K, TA, [in the CK حَنائِدُ,]) with ج [and ن] and ذ: (TA:) and in the latter sense, the pl. is حُبُولٌ. (M, Msb, K.) In a trad. in which it is said that a man's hand is to be cut off for his stealing a حَبْل, the حبل of a ship may be mean. (Mgh in art. بيض.) ― -b2- [Hence, (assumed tropical:) A bond; cause of union; or link of connexion:] connexion with another by the bond of love or friendship or the like; (S, K, TA;) pl. حِبَالٌ: (TA:) mutual connexion by such a bond. (ISd, Msb, K.) You say, وَصَلَ فُلَانٌ فِى حَبْلِ فُلَانٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one married his daughter to such a one. (Har p. 223.) And هُوَ يَخْطُبُ فِى حَبْلِ فُلَانِ (assumed tropical:) He aids such a one in seeking, or demanding, a woman in marriage. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., إِِنَّ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ القَوْمِ حِبَالًا وَ نَحْنُ قَاطِعُوهَا (assumed tropical:) Verily there is between us and the party a connexion by the bond of love or friendship or the like, and we are severing it. (TA.) You say also, إِِنَّهُ لَوَاسِعُ الحَبْلِ (tropical:) Verily he is large, or liberal, in disposition; [or in the scope of his friendship;] and ضَيِّقُ الحَبْلِ (tropical:) narrow therein. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) A covenant, or compact: (S, Msb, K, TA:) (tropical:) a covenant, or an obligation, by which one becomes responsible for the safety, or safe-keeping, of a person or thing: (K, TA:) and (tropical:) a promise, or an assurance, of security, or safety; (A 'Obeyd, S, Msb, K, TA;) such as a man, desiring to make a journey, used [and still uses] to take from the chief of a tribe: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) pl. حِبَالٌ. (TA.) You say, كَانَتْ بَيْنَهُمْ حِبَالٌ فَقَطَعُوهَا (tropical:) There were between them covenants, and obligations whereby they were responsible for one another's safety, and they broke them. (TA.) And it is said in the Kur [iii. 108], إِِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِنَ ا@للّٰهِ وَ حَبْلٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ (tropical:) Unless [they have] a covenant from God and a covenant from men: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) for the unbeliever requires a covenant from God, which consists in his being of those who have a revealed scripture without which he cannot retain his religion nor enjoy protection, and a covenant granted to him by men. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And it is also said in the Kur [iii. 98], وَا@عْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ ا@للّٰهِ i. e. (tropical:) [And hold ye fast] by the covenant of God: (TA:) or (tropical:) the means of approach, or access, unto God; i. e. the Kur-án, and the Prophet, and intelligence, &c., which are the means of obtaining the protection of God; for حَبْلٌ is metaphorically applied to (tropical:) any means of access to a thing: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or these words of the Kur mean (tropical:) and follow ye the Kur-án, and abstain from schism. (A'Obeyd, TA.) And in like manner, the saying of Ibn-Mes'ood, عَلَيْكُمْ بِحَبْلِ ا@للّٰهِ, means (tropical:) Keep ye to the Book of God; for it is a security for you, and a covenant, against the punishment of God. (A'Obeyd, TA.) ― -b4- (tropical:) An elongated, or extended, tract of sand, (T, S, M, Mgh, K,) collected together, abundant, and high: (T, TA:) or حَبْلٌ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ means a long, extended, tract of sand, collected together, and elevated: (Msb:) [or simply a long, or long and elevated, tract of sand; likened to a rope, as is indicated in the Mgh:] pl. حِبَالٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- [(assumed tropical:) A long, creeping, or twining, stalk or shoot or branch; likened to a rope or cord: pl. حِبَالٌ: often occurring in descriptions of plants by AHn and others.] ― -b6- See also حَبَلَةٌ. ― -b7- الحَبْلُ (assumed tropical:) The وَرِيد; [a name applied to each of the two carotid arteries, and sometimes to each of the two external jugular veins;] also called حَبْلُ الوَرِيدِ; a vein between the windpipe and the [two sinews called the] عِلْبَاوَانِ; (Fr, TA;) a certain vein in the neck, (S,) or in the حَلْق. (Msb.) ― -b8- (assumed tropical:) The عَاتِق [or part between the shoulder-joint and the neck]: (K:) or الحَبْلُ, (K,) or حَبْلُ العَاتِقِ, (TA,) signifies the طَرِيقَة [app. here meaning, as it does in some other instances, oblong muscle] that is between the neck and the head of the shoulder-blade: or a sinew between the neck and the shoulderjoint: (K:) or حَبْلُ العَاتِقِ signifies a bond, or ligament, between the عاتق and the neck; (T, Msb, TA;) or between the neck and the shoulderjoint: (Lth, TA:) or certain sinews. (S.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) A certain vein, or nerve, (عِرْق,) in the fore arm, (K, TA,) extending from the wrist until it becomes concealed in the shoulder-joint: (TA:) or حَبْلُ الذِّرَاعِ is [a vein, or nerve,] in the arm: (S:) or حِبَالُ الذِّرَاعَيْنِ signifies the sinews that appear upon the two fore arms; and in like manner, those of a horse. (TA.) One says, هُوَ عَلَى حَبْلِ ذِرَاعِكَ, (S, TA,) a prov., (S,) meaning (tropical:) He, or it, is near to thee: (T, S, Sgh:) or within thy power, or reach; or possible, or practicable, to thee; or easy to thee. (ISd, Z, TA.) ― -b10- Also, (K,) or حَبْلُ الفَقَارِ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) A certain vein, or nerve, (عِرْق,) in the back, (K, TA,) extending from the beginning thereof to its end. (TA.) ― -b11- الحِبَالُ فِى السَّاقِ, (K,) or حِبَالُ السَّاقَيْنِ, (M,) (assumed tropical:) The sinews of the two shanks. (M, K.) ― -b12- الحِبَالُ فِى الذَّكَرِ, (K,) or ↓ حَبَائِلُ الذَّكَرِ, (M,) (assumed tropical:) The veins (عُرُوق) of the penis. (M, K.) ― -b13- الحَبْلُ also signifies The station of the horses collected for a race, before they are let go. (K.) [Probably it was marked by an extended rope; and for that reason was thus called.] -A2- Also Heaviness; weight, or weightiness; ponderousness; syn. ثِقَلٌ. (Az, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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