أَخَذُواseized

Example sentences

• فَأَدْرَكُوهُمْ فَأَخَذُوهُمْ،

  Then they caught up with them and seized them.

  فَأَخَذُوهُمْ — then seized them. Same build as the word before it: fa- ('then'), a past verb 'seized' with its 'they' subject inside, and -hum ('them'). Repeating the pattern, the two verbs chain two quick consecutive actions, catching and then seizing the same men.

  From: Conquest of Mecca Account →

• وَأَخَذُْوا مَجَالِسَهُمْ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ

  And they held their gatherings in the house.

  وَأَخَذُوا — and they held. This opens with the connector 'and' on a past verb with the plural 'they' ending, here idiomatically 'they took up / held'. The 'and' links it to the prior action. The plural subject is in the verb's ending.

  From: Generosity to the Poor →

• فَإِنَّكَ مَتَى إِلْتَفَتَّ إِلَيْهِمْ أَخَذُوْكَ وَعَاقُوْكَ

  For whenever you turn to them, they seize you and hold you back.

  أَخَذُوكَ — they seized you. A completed-action verb 'they seized', carrying both its plural 'they' subject and the object -ka ('you') stuck on the end, so subject and object both ride inside one word. As the response to the 'whenever' it states what follows each time you turn. Arabic folds the whole 'they-seized-you' into a single form.

  From: Choosing Good Companions →