Arabic vocabulary

بِالْبَيْتِaround the House in Arabic

بِالْبَيْتِ is how you say “around the House” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

فَقَالَ لِأُمْيَّةَ اِنْظُرْ لِيَّ سَاعَةَ خَلْوَةِ لَعَلَّيَ أَنْ أَطُوفَ بِالْبَيْتِ
He said to Umayya, "Find for me a time of seclusion; perhaps I may circumambulate the House."
بِالْبَيْتِ — around the House. The bi- here ties the circling to its object — going around *it* — and the al- makes that object definite. The bi- also forces the noun into the 'of' (genitive) shape; together they name the sacred House circled.
From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

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