أفحم

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ح م (f-ḥ-m)

Verb[edit]

أَفْحَمَ (ʔafḥama) IV, non-past يُفْحِمُ‎ (yufḥimu)

  1. to silence (someone) with argument, to render (someone) unable to respond
    • 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Acts of the Apostles, 18:28:
      لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ بِٱشْتِدَادٍ يُفْحِمُ الْيَهُودَ جَهْرًا، مُبَيِّنًا بِالْكُتُبِ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ.
      liʔannahu kāna bištidādin yufḥimu al-yahūda jahran, mubayyinan bi-l-kutubi ʔanna yasūʕa huwa l-masīḥu.
      For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

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