Arabic term
asbat
| 5 +4 | grandchildren, offspring, tribe |
Randa Farhat
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| 5 +3 | الأسباط |
Ziad Marzouka
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| 4 | descendants |
Maureen Millington-Brodie
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| 3 | the twelve sons of Jacob |
soamo19
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May 26, 2005 09:58: Ziad Marzouka changed "Language pair" from "Arabic to English" to "English to Arabic"
May 26, 2005 12:27: Ziad Marzouka changed "Language pair" from "English to Arabic" to "Arabic to English"
Proposed translations
Lebanon
Science, UN agencies, NGOs, Corporations
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA))
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
grandchildren, offspring, tribe
it means the offspring of someone such as his grandchildren or extended tribe of grand-grandchildren
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Note added at 12 hrs 8 mins (2005-05-26 22:05:36 GMT)
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Asker\'s added note:
\"Saul knew he was a descendant of Benyamin who was a weak asbaat from the 12 asbaat\"
should be \"... who was a weak sebt from the 12 asbaat\": (a weak tribe of the 12 tribes)
Samuel (Shamuel) was once the ruler, he was from Laui (Lawi) tribe, also related to Aaron (Haroon -brother of Moses). He asked God for a King to unify them because the tribes were fighting, and God chose Saul (Sha\'ul, Talut) who was from Benyamin Tribe. The latter tribe was a weak one exhuasted with continuous fighting and about to extinct. When they asked for a sign that Saul should be the King, the sign was that he would bring the covenant, and so on
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ahmadwadan.com
1 hr
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Hazem Hamdy
: قال الله تعالى: وَقَطَّعْنَاهُمُ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ أَسْبَاطًا أُمَمًا.YUSUFALI, PICKTHAL, and SHAKIR: We divided them into twelve tribes.
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Mohamed Gaafar
11 hrs
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Sam Shalalo
1 day 14 hrs
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Switzerland
Reliable & Certified
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Jordanian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Italian to Arabic, Arabic to English
الأسباط
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Mohamed Gaafar
1 min
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Nesrin
: Yes you're probably right (didn't notice that Prophet Dawud was mentioned as a context). But I think the asker was right to post it as Ar>En originally. He probably needed the English translation of the Arabic word.
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ahmadwadan.com
4 hrs
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United Kingdom
33 years of experience
Native in: English
Works in: Arabic to English, German to English
descendants
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Randa Farhat
: الأحفاد وأحفاد الأحفاد هم الذرية: ووهبنا له اسحق ويعقوب كلا هدينا ونوحا هدينا من قبل ومن ذريته داوود وسليمان وايوب ويوسف وموسى وهارون وكذلك نجزي المحسنين
3 hrs
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the twelve sons of Jacob
{Say [O Muslims]: “We believe in Allah and that which has been sent down to us and that which has been sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and to al-Asbaat (the twelve sons of Jacob), and that which has been given to Moses and Jesus, and that which has been given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him we have submitted [in Islam].”}
Discussion
I'm translating a book about the Prophets. It says
"Saul knew he was a descendant of Benyamin who was a weak asbaat from the 12
asbaat...."