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نعل
Attested forms : نَعْلَيْكَ 1
Core meaning
The sandal, taken off at the order received in the sanctified valley.
Uses
نَعْلَيْكَ → "your sandals" : the sandals Moussa must take off.
- «فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ» — "Take off your sandals" (20:12)
Evidence from the text
Sole use, 20:12: "Take off your sandals, for you are in the sanctified valley of Tuwa". The order is at once grounded in the holiness of the place; the verb خلع, to take off, carries the gesture.
See also
خلع (to take off, the gesture the verse commands)
occurrences
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