صَخْرَةًa rock

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ وَهْبُ لِإِزَالَةِ الْجَبَلَ صَخْرَةً صَخْرَةً

  And Wahb said, 'To remove the mountain, rock by rock.'

  صَخْرَةً — a rock. This noun is repeated to express a distributive 'rock by rock', and the accusative ending marks it as an adverbial measure of how the removing proceeds, piece by piece. The doubling, not a separate phrase, is what conveys the one-at-a-time sense. It pairs with the identical next word.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• وَقَالَ وَهْبُ لِإِزَالَةِ الْجَبَلَ صَخْرَةً صَخْرَةً

  And Wahb said, 'To remove the mountain, rock by rock.'

  صَخْرَةً — a rock. This is the second half of the doubled 'rock by rock', completing the distributive expression. Its accusative matches its twin as an adverbial measure of the action. The repetition itself carries the 'one after another' meaning.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →