Arabic vocabulary
الْهَدْمُthe destruction
How to say “the destruction” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَلَمَّا حَلَّ الْهَدْمُ بِوُدِّ سَارَةَ مَنْعُ الْوِلْدَيْنِ يَجُوزُ،
When destruction befell Sarah's household, preventing the two sons was permissible.
الْهَدْمِ — the destruction. The definite subject of 'befell', carrying its subject ending and placed after the verb. With 'al-' it names the specific calamity that struck; a 'in/at' phrase will localise it next.
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