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بِشِبْرٍ by a finger's breadth in Arabic

بِشِبْرٍ is how you say “by a finger's breadth” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

فَوَجَدُوهُ إِلَى هَذِهِ أَقْرَبَ بِشِبْرٍ فَغُفِرَ لَهُ

They found him closer to this one by a finger's breadth, and he was forgiven.

بِشِبْرٍ by a finger's breadth

This is the preposition 'by' fused to an indefinite noun, stating the measure of difference: closer by one small span. The preposition governs the noun in the genitive, and the doubled 'n' sound marks it indefinite, quantifying exactly how much nearer he was.

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