Hibāb expresses a vigorous burst of movement and is related to habba, “to rise or stir.” Zimām is the rope by which a rider or leader directs a camel’s course.
Fa-lahā may be analysed as a fronted predicate and hibābun as a delayed subject. The ordering puts emphasis on the surprising existence of energy in a mount otherwise depicted as depleted.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Severing Ties, Generosity and the Travel-Worn She-Camel (Verses 20–24)
Hibāb expresses a vigorous burst of movement and is related to habba, “to rise or stir.” Zimām is the rope by which a rider or leader directs a camel’s course.
Fa-lahā may be analysed as a fronted predicate and hibābun as a delayed subject. The ordering puts emphasis on the surprising existence of energy in a mount otherwise depicted as depleted.