Both the main event and the event inside the idh clause are past. Distinguish the subject of the main verb from that in the following subordinate clause.
Book example: جِئْتُكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ.
I came to you when the sun rose.
Jiʾtu: past + first-person subject; -ka: object; idh: indeclinable past-time adverb in an accusative adverbial position; ṭalaʿat: verb + feminine marker; al-shamsu: subject.
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Indeclinable Adverbs — Ghāyāt, Time and Place
Both the main event and the event inside the idh clause are past. Distinguish the subject of the main verb from that in the following subordinate clause.
Book example: جِئْتُكَ إِذْ طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ.
I came to you when the sun rose.
Jiʾtu: past + first-person subject; -ka: object; idh: indeclinable past-time adverb in an accusative adverbial position; ṭalaʿat: verb + feminine marker; al-shamsu: subject.