h-w-sh

Description

The Arabic root ح-و-ش (h-w-sh) carries the core meaning of gathering, collecting, or driving together, often with the connotation of surrounding or enclosing something. In the Quranic context, it appears in Surah Yusuf where it describes the brothers' plot to separate Joseph from their father, expressing the idea of having exclusive access to their father's attention by removing Joseph from the family circle. The root conveys both the physical act of gathering or herding and the psychological sense of isolating or excluding someone from a group, which is central to understanding the brothers' jealousy and scheme in the narrative.