مَنَعَهُمْhe prevented them

Example sentences

• فَمَنَعَهُمْ مِنَ الاِسْتِصْبَاحِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْقَابِلَةِ، فَعَمَدَ الْفَضْلُ إِلَى الْقُمْقُمِْ مَمْلُوءٍ،

  So he prevented them from having a light on the following night, and so al-Fadl reached toward the flask full of water.

  فَمَنْعُهُمْ — so he prevented them. The front fa- gives a 'so then' consequence force, and the past verb under it has the plural 'them' object suffixed onto its end. So connector, verb, and object ride in one word. The -hum here is plural 'them', widening from the earlier pair to the prisoners as a group.

  From: A Son Protecting His Father →