جَبَلmountain

Example sentences

• حتى لو أن أحدكم دخل في كبد جبل، لدخلته عليه حتى تقبضه،

  Even if one of you were to enter the core of a mountain, it would enter upon him to take his soul.

  جَبَلٍ — a mountain. This completes 'the core of a mountain', in the genitive as owner. Even buried in solid rock, one cannot escape.

  From: The Return of Jesus →

• فانحدرت صخرة من الجبل فسدت عليهم الغار،

  Then a rock fell down from the mountain and blocked the entrance of the cave.

  الْجَبَلِ — the mountain. This noun is governed by 'from', so it sits in the 'of' (genitive) ending. The al- on its front makes it definite, presenting the mountain as a known fixture of the scene rather than something newly introduced.

  From: Three Men Saved by Sincerity →