مَكَّةِMecca in Arabic

Example sentences

• وَكَانَ سَعْدٌ إِذَا مَرَّ بِمَكَّةِ نَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ،

  Whenever Sa'd passed through Mecca, he would stay with Umayya.

  بِمَكَّةِ — through Mecca. The bi- marks passing *through* a place and forces the following place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It fixes the recurring route through that city.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَنَزَلَ عَلَى أُمَيَّةِ بِمَكَّةِ،

  So he stayed with Umayya in Mecca.

  بِمَكَّةِ — in Mecca. The bi- here marks location, 'in', and forces the following place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It pins down where the lodging happened.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بِمَكَّةِ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي

  So I said to him in Mecca. He said, "I do not know."

  بِمَكَّةِ — in Mecca. The bi- marks location, 'in', and forces the place-name into the 'of' (genitive) shape. It pins where the exchange happened.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →