سَبَإٍfor Sheba

Example sentences

• لَقَدْ كَانَ لِسَبَإٍ فِي مَسَاكِنِهِمْ آيَةً

  Indeed, there was a sign for Sheba in their dwellings.

  لسبأ — for Sheba. The 'li-' fused at the front marks the one for whom the sign existed, 'for Sheba', a 'belonging to / in favour of' link. It governs the proper name into the 'of'-style ending and sets up whose sign it was. So before the sign is even named, this word fixes its recipient.

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