اِحْبِسْdetain in Arabic

Example sentences

• اِحْبِسْ أَبَا سُفْيَانَ عِنْدَ حَطْمِ الْخَيْلِ

  Detain Abu Sufyan at Hatm al-Khayl.

  اِحْبِسْ — detain. A command-form verb, 'detain!', addressed to a single 'you' that is built into the verb's shape rather than spelled out. Arabic forms the order by stripping the verb down to its bare imperative; what to detain follows immediately as its object.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• فَإِذَا قَالَ لَكَ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْ لَهُ اِحْبِسْ عَنِّي الْمَدَّ

  So if he says that to you, say to him, "Hold back the tide from me."

  اِحْبِسْ — hold back. A command form, 'hold back!', the instructed retort. The 'you' addressee is inside the verb; the bare imperative shape is the order, with the helping initial vowel easing pronunciation. The thing to be held back follows.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →

• قَالَ فَاِحْبِسْ عَنِّي الْمَدَّ

  He said, "Then hold the tide back from me."

  فَاِحْبِسْ — then hold back. The connector 'fa-' (then) on a command form, 'hold back!'. The 'fa-' supplies the 'then' that ties the order to the foregoing exchange. The imperative carries its 'you' subject inside.

  From: Luqman's Wisdom and Trial →