Arabic vocabulary
شَأْمِLevant in Arabic
شَأْمِ is how you say “Levant” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَلَمْ يَبْقَ إِلَّا مَلِكُ غَسَّانِ بِالشَّأْمِ،
So only the king of Ghassan remained in the Levant.
بِالشَّأْمِ — in the Levant. The bi- here is a 'located-in' preposition fixing the Levant as where the king is; it holds the place name in the 'of' ending. It answers 'where?' for the remaining king.
From: Umar and the Prophet's Wives →
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