«وَجَعَلَ الظُّلُمَاتِ وَالنُّورَ»
“And He brought darknesses and light into being.” (al-Anʿām 6:1, excerpt)
«وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ»
“And they assigned the jinn as partners to God.” (al-Anʿām 6:100, excerpt)
In the first occurrence, “jaʿala” concerns bringing into existence; in the second, it describes assigning a false divine partnership. The verb belongs to the same root, but its subject, objects and construction change its contextual sense.
A sound lexical method therefore combines the range of a word’s meanings with syntax and context. One fixed equivalent in every verse would misrepresent at least one of these constructions.