تَنَاوَلَtake hold of

Example sentences

• فَتَنَاوَلَ بِهِ يَهُودِيًّا لِيَضْرِبَهُ،

  Then a Jew took hold of it to strike him.

  فَتَنَاوَلَ — then he took hold of. The leading 'then' here is a connector that ties this action tightly to the one before, signalling immediate succession rather than just listing events. Fused to a past verb, it moves the narrative one step forward, presenting the grabbing as the direct next beat in the story.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →