بِدَارِهِin his household

Example sentences

• فَحَلَفَ أَنْ يَتَحَوَّلَ عَنْهُمْ وَيُسْتَبْدَلُوا بِدَارِهِ

  So he swore that he would turn away from them and that they would be replaced in his household.

  بداره — in his household. Preposition bi- on a noun carrying -hi 'his', in the genitive; here bi- marks the place taken in exchange. The 'his' points back to the elder, marking the household as his.

  From: Sheba's Garden and Destruction →