No. 1,945 in Arabic

وبما

"And by what" or "and with what."

In a sentence

استفاد الطالب من الدروس، وبما أن المدرس كان واضحًا، فهمَ المادة جيدًا.
The student benefited from the lessons, and since the teacher was clear, he understood the subject well.
In this sentence, 'وبما' is used in a conditional clause to establish a relation based on the preceding statement, meaning 'and since'.
وبما أن الطقس جميل، قررت الأسرة الذهاب في رحلة.
And since the weather is nice, the family decided to go on a trip.
Here, 'وبما أن' introduces a reason explaining the subsequent action, functioning as 'and since'.
أسس الفريق مشروعًا جديدًا، وبما أن الفكرة مبتكرة، لاقت نجاحًا كبيرًا.
The team established a new project, and as the idea was innovative, it achieved great success.
In this context, 'وبما أن' provides justification for the succeeding result, translated as 'and as'.

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