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جَاءَ زَيْدٌ، فَأَكْرَمْتُهُ.
Meaning: Zayd came, and I honoured him.
Parsing: jāʾa is a past verb; Zayd is the nominative subject; akramtu is a past verb with tāʾ as subject; -hu is an attached pronoun in the accusative position as direct object.

The pronoun avoids repeating Zayd’s name; Zayd is its antecedent.

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Pronouns: definitions, forms, usage, and parsing

جَاءَ زَيْدٌ، فَأَكْرَمْتُهُ.
Meaning: Zayd came, and I honoured him.
Parsing: jāʾa is a past verb; Zayd is the nominative subject; akramtu is a past verb with tāʾ as subject; -hu is an attached pronoun in the accusative position as direct object.

The pronoun avoids repeating Zayd’s name; Zayd is its antecedent.