شَبَّgrew

Example sentences

• وكلما جاء عرفي شب في العلم وما أنفرك،

  Every time my reputation spreads, I grow in knowledge and you do not turn away.

  شَبَّ — I grew. A past-tense verb with the doer 'I' folded into its form, so no separate pronoun appears. The completed past frames the growth as an accomplished result that follows each time the condition in the line is met.

  From: Victory Belongs to God →

• لَمَّا شَبَّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ

  When Ishmael grew up.

  شَبَّ — grew up. This is a past-tense verb meaning to grow up, sitting right after the 'when' particle in verb-first order, with a singular 'he' subject built in. The verb leads its clause, with the doer named just after. Its past shape fixes the growing-up as the completed event the 'when' frames.

  From: Stories of Prophetic Judgments →