رُكْبَةknees

Example sentences

• فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ الْإِسْلَامِ

  He rested his knees against his knees and placed his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.'

  رُكْبَتَيْهِ — his knees. This is the dual, Arabic's 'exactly two' form, here for the pair of knees, with an attached -hi (his) marking the owner. The dual folds 'two knees' into one word, and the -hi points to the stranger.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →

• فَأَسْنَدَ رُكْبَتَيْهِ إلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ، وَوَضَعَ كَفَّيْهِ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ، وَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ الْإِسْلَامِ

  He rested his knees against his knees and placed his hands on his thighs, and said: 'O Muhammad, tell me about Islam.'

  رُكْبَتَيْهِ — his knees. Again the dual 'two knees' with an attached -hi (his), but here the -hi points to the Prophet, not the stranger. Tracking which 'his' is meant is part of reading the sentence: stranger's knees against the Prophet's.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →