لِيَتattentively

Example sentences

• فلا يسمعه أحد إلا أصغى ليتا ورفع ليتا،

  So no one will hear it except that they will tilt one side of their neck and raise the other,

  لِيَتًا — one side of his neck. This is the object of 'inclined', in the accusative — 'one side of the neck'. The accusative marks what is tilted: he cocks one side of his neck toward the sound.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• فلا يسمعه أحد إلا أصغى ليتا ورفع ليتا،

  So no one will hear it except that they will tilt one side of their neck and raise the other,

  لِيَتًا — the other side of his neck. This is the object of 'raised', in the accusative — 'the other side of the neck'. So he lowers one side and lifts the other: the startled posture of everyone who hears the trumpet.

  From: The Return of Jesus →