Breast-piece; be excellent, beautiful; beauty, all excellence

In the Hebrew Bible: ḥošen, breast-piece

In the Qurʾan: muḥsin, the good-doers · ʾaḥsan, best · ḥasana, good · ʾaḥsana, do good

Regular sound-law correspondence; the two glosses indicate the same field (similarity ≥ 0.50). ḥurūf al-ṣafīr, at the ʿayn: sīn answering šin.

Passages

• Exodus 25:7: onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate.
• Leviticus 8:8: He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.
• Revelation 1:13: And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
• Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt سورة الصافات “Those who set the Ranks” 37:80: Lo! thus do We reward the good.
• Sūrat al-Mursalāt سورة المرسلات “The Emissaries” 77:44: Thus do We reward the good.
• Sūrat al-Furqān سورة الفرقان “The Criterion” 25:76: Abiding there for ever. Happy is it as abode and station!

The whole card on ocabs.org · The Consolation of Consonants

Opening music: Touchia Ḥijāz, Thami Ben Abdelkrim, violin, with percussion (Morocco, 1920s), public domain. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / BnF, Archives de la Parole.

The digital voice Fāṭima (فَاطِمَة) is named in honor of the learned women of al-Andalus, particularly Fāṭima bint Yaḥyā al-Maghāmī, Fāṭima al-Sharrāṭ, and Fāṭima bint al-Muthannā, whose legacies embody the Andalusian traditions of scriptural scholarship, jurisprudence, education, and wisdom.