Arabic vocabulary
الشَّام is how you say “Syria” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
ثم يرسل الله عز وجل،ريحاً باردة من قبل الشام،
Then Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, will send a cold wind from the direction of Syria,
الشَّامِ — Syria. This completes 'the direction of Syria', in the genitive as owner — the historical region of al-Sham. So the cold wind comes from the north.
From: The Return of Jesus →OpenArabic teaches words like الشَّام through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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