Quranic root
هيت
h · y · t
The root centers on a voiced cry or call, especially a call used to summon someone.
The primary notion of crying out develops into calling or summoning, including the Quranic imperative expression هَيْتَ لَكَ meaning “Come!” and related formations denoting repeated or clamorous calling.
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
هَيْتَ
hayta
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form I (imperative expression)
- Form
- I
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A call meaning “Come!”, “come forward!”, “hasten!”, or “set forth.”
An invariable imperative expression, commonly followed by لَكَ or another pronoun marking the addressee; the expression itself does not vary for gender or number. It occurs in the Quran as هَيْتَ لَكَ.
- Lane · entry 10802
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:23word 11
“Come on”
In هَيْتَ لَكَ, an invitation meaning “I have made myself ready for you.”
This is the Quran-specific interpretation of the utterance in 12:23, expressing the speaker’s readiness to the addressee rather than merely issuing a neutral summons.
- Mufradāt · row 1541
Selected Quran examples
Quran 12:23word 11
“Come on”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 12:23هَيْتَCome on
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 5 Classical meanings
هَيَّتَ بِهِ
To cry out to, call, or hail someone, including a repeated call used by a herdsman to summon a companion from afar.
A Form II verbal construction; the calling expression may be repeated.
- Lane · entry 10800
هَاتَ
Give me; hand or give something to me.
An imperative form whose inflection varies with the addressee in the recorded forms.
- Lane · entry 10801
هَيْتَ
An exclamation of wonder or admiration, as in “What forbearing mildness!”
An exclamatory use distinct from the summons هَيْتَ لَكَ.
- Lane · entry 10802
هِيتٌ
A low or depressed piece of ground; a hollow or depression.
A nominal geographical or topographical usage.
- Lane · entry 10804
هَيَّاتٌ
Clamorous; calling out often or repeatedly.
An intensive descriptive usage associated with frequent calling out.
- Lane · entry 10806
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic item is variously analyzed in the lexical tradition as an imperative expression or an invariable verbal noun, with variant vocalizations and readings; the public form follows the supplied QAC occurrence هَيْتَ.