LessonsImruʾ al-Qays: Earlier Loves, Fragrance, and Dārat Juljul (Verses 7–12)Quiz

In min ummi al-Ḥuwayrith, min is a preposition, umm is genitive and the first term of an iḍāfah, and al-Ḥuwayrith completes the construct. Umm al-Rabāb is likewise a construct phrase.

Wa-jāratihā is coordinated with the preceding reference and carries a third-person feminine pronoun. Umm al-Rabāb further identifies the neighbor, by apposition or explanatory substitution.

Omitting jāratihā from the translation would lose the relationship between the women; treating Maʾsal as a person's name would misidentify the locality.

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The grammatical relationships in verse 7

Imruʾ al-Qays: Earlier Loves, Fragrance, and Dārat Juljul (Verses 7–12)

In min ummi al-Ḥuwayrith, min is a preposition, umm is genitive and the first term of an iḍāfah, and al-Ḥuwayrith completes the construct. Umm al-Rabāb is likewise a construct phrase.

Wa-jāratihā is coordinated with the preceding reference and carries a third-person feminine pronoun. Umm al-Rabāb further identifies the neighbor, by apposition or explanatory substitution.

Omitting jāratihā from the translation would lose the relationship between the women; treating Maʾsal as a person's name would misidentify the locality.