Arabic vocabulary
How to say “keep” in Arabic, with pronunciation and real example sentences from OpenArabic texts.
اِحْفَظْ مَعْرِفَتَكِ لِي مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْكِ
Keep your knowledge of me close at hand.
اِحْفَظْ — keep. A command form, 'keep/guard', addressed straight to the listener with the 'you' contained inside the verb itself rather than written separately. The bare, stripped-down shape of the verb is exactly what marks it as an order rather than a statement.
From: The Four Inner Guards →وَأَنَا الْآخِرُ اِحْفَظْ عَقْلَكِ
And I am the Last. Guard your mind.
اِحْفَظْ — guard. A command form, 'guard', spoken straight to the listener with the 'you' carried inside the verb. Its bare imperative shape is what turns it into an order. It opens a new instruction sentence after the self-identification.
From: The Four Inner Guards →وَأَنَا الْظَّاهِرُ اِحْفَظْ إِيمَانَكِ عَنْ يَمِينِكِ
And I am the Manifest. Guard your faith on your right.
اِحْفَظْ — guard. A command form, 'guard', addressed to the listener with 'you' built into the verb. The stripped imperative shape marks it as an order. It introduces the instruction paired with this divine name.
From: The Four Inner Guards →وَأَنَا الْبَاطِنُ اِحْفَظْ يَقِينَكِ عَنْ شِمَالِكَ
And I am the Inner. Guard your certainty on your left.
اِحْفَظْ — guard. A command form, 'guard', addressed to the listener with 'you' carried inside the verb. The bare imperative shape is what makes it an order rather than a report. It opens the instruction tied to this name.
From: The Four Inner Guards →OpenArabic teaches words like اِحْفَظْ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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