The fourth word of verse (12:15) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm mīm ʿayn (ج م ع). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:15:4) wa-ajmaʿū and agreed
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:15)

The analysis above refers to the fifteenth verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: So when they took him [out] and agreed to put him into the bottom of the well... But We inspired to him, "You will surely inform them [someday] about this affair of theirs while they do not perceive [your identity]."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm mīm ʿayn

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Word 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11