1I have not seen him for two days—لَمْ أَرَهُ مُذُ يَوْمَانِ
With a muḍāriʿ following it, it is often best rendered in English by the perfect tense.
1.1he did not beat—لَمْ يَضْرِبْ
See also لَمَّا.
1.2
أَلَمْ: see the latter half of art. أَلَا and the former part of art. أَمَا.
1.3as a particle of exception, [equivalent to our But; meaning both except and, after an oath or the like, only, or nothing more than]—لَمَّا
In the Kur 38:13, according to one reading, it occurs before a verb which is a past tense both in form and in meaning.
It is put before a nominal proposition, as إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ [There is not any soul but over it is a guardian, (Kur 86:4,)] according to those who pronounce the م with teshdeed.
It also comes before a verb which is a past tense in form but not in meaning, as in أَنْشُدُكَ ٱللّٰهَ لَمَّا فعَلْتَ [I conjure, or beg, or beseech you by God but that you do such a thing], that is, مَا أَسْأَلُكَ إَلَّا فِعْلَكَ [I do not ask of you anything except your doing such a thing].
See its synonym إِلَّا.
Qur’ān 86:4 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxxxvi. 4”
Qur’ān 38:14 approximate — somewhere between 38:6 and 38:32 Lane cites “Kur xxxviii. 13”
1.4according to Ibn-Málik, synonymous with إِذْ—لَمَّا
[And sometimes, like إِذْ, it means Since, or because.]
One may say لَمَّا أَكْرَمْتَنِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ اليَوْمَ, but this is said to mean لَهَّا ثَبَتَ اليَوْمَ إِكْرَامُكَ لِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ.
See also an example under رَزَقَ.
1.5he has not yet beaten—لَمَّا يَضْرِبْ
See also لَمْ.
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with an aor. following it is often to be rendered in English by the preterperfect: ex., لَمْ أَرَهُ مُذُ يَوْمَانِ I have not seen him for two days. لَمْ يَضْرِبْ He did not beat. (S, &c.) See also لَمَّا . أَلَمْ : see the latter half of art. أَلَا ; and the former part of art. أَمَا . لَمَّا as a particle of exception [is equivalent to our But; meaning both except and, after an oath or the like, only, or nothing more than; and] is put before a nominal proposition; as, إِنْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ [There is not any soul but over it is a guardian, (Kur lxxxvi. 4,)] accord. to those who pronounce the م with teshdeed: and before a verb which is literally, but not in meaning, a preterite; as in أَنْشُدُكَ ٱللّٰهَ لَمَّا فعَلْتَ [I conjure, or beg, or beseech, thee by God but that thou do such a thing], i. e. مَا أَسْأَلُكَ إَلَّا فِعْلَكَ [I do not ask of thee anything save thy doing such a thing]. (Mughnee.) See its syn. إِلَّا . In the Kur xxxviii. 13, accord. to one reading, it occurs before a verb which is a preterite literally and in meaning. لَمَّا , accord. to Ibn-Málik, is syn. with إِذْ : [and sometimes, like إِذْ , it means Since, or because:] one may say, لَمَّا أَكْرَمْتَنِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ اليَوْمَ : but this is said to mean لَهَّا ثَبَتَ اليَوْمَ إِكْرَامُكَ لِى أَمْسِ أَكْرَمْتُكَ . (Mughnee.) See also an ex. voce رَزَقَ . لَمَّا يَضْرِبْ He has not yet beaten. (S, &c.) See also لَمْ .