بِوُدِّin the household of

Example sentences

• فَلَمَّا حَلَّ الْهَدْمُ بِوُدِّ سَارَةَ مَنْعُ الْوِلْدَيْنِ يَجُوزُ،

  When destruction befell Sarah's household, preventing the two sons was permissible.

  بِوُدِّي — in the household of. The relator 'bi-' = 'in / at' fused to a noun, marking where the destruction landed. The relator governs the noun into the genitive, and that noun heads an 'of' link with 'Sarah' next, locating the calamity in her household.

  From: On Birth and Its Timing →