وَهْبُWahb

Example sentences

• وَكَذَا قَالَ وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ

  And so Wahb ibn Munabbih said:

  وَهْبُ — Wahb. The subject of 'said', a masculine proper name carrying the -u subject ending, placed after its verb. It heads the man's full name, which the following 'son of' chain extends.

  From: Adam, Eve, and the Forbidden Tree →

• وَقَالَ وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهِ

  And Wahb ibn Munabbih said:

  وَهْبُ — Wahb. This is a proper name acting as the delayed subject of 'said', so it takes the nominative ending as the doer. Crucially, its first letter is part of the name itself, not the connective wa-, so it must not be misread as 'and'. It opens the speaker's full name.

  From: On Foolishness and Wisdom →

• وَهْبُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهِ قَالَ

  Wahb ibn Munabbih said:

  وَهْبُ — Wahb. This is a proper name acting as the topic that fronts the sentence, the speaker whose words follow. Fronting the subject before the reporting verb spotlights who is speaking. It opens the citation.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →

• وَقَالَ وَهْبُ لِإِزَالَةِ الْجَبَلَ صَخْرَةً صَخْرَةً

  And Wahb said, 'To remove the mountain, rock by rock.'

  وَهْبُ — Wahb. This is a proper name standing as the delayed subject of 'said', so it takes the nominative ending as the doer. It trails its verb in the normal order. It names the speaker.

  From: On Reason and Temptation →