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ضَرَبُوهُ they struck him in Arabic

ضَرَبُوهُ is how you say “they struck him” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

ثُمَّ قَامَ الْقَوْمُ فَضَرَبُوهُ حَتَّى أَضْجَعُوهُ،

Then the people stood up and beat him until they knocked him down.

فَضَرَبُوهُ so they struck him

Three things in one token: a leading fa- 'and so', a plural verb 'they struck', and an attached -hu 'him' as its object. The plural now shows on the verb because here it follows its subject, and the suffix saves a separate object pronoun.

From A Stranger Finds the Prophet

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More example sentences

فَضَرَبُوهُ وَثَارُوا إِلَيْهِ،

So they struck him and rushed at him.

فَضَرَبُوهُ so they struck him

A fa- of consequence ('and so') on a plural past verb 'they struck', with -hu 'him' attached as object. The fa- marks this blow as the direct upshot of what preceded; the -u ending in the verb already names 'they'.

From A Stranger Finds the Prophet

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