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Verse (12:17), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

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The second word of verse (12:17) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A vocative particle, noun and possessive pronoun. The noun is masculine singular and is in the accusative case (منصوب). The noun's triliteral root is hamza bā wāw (أ ب و). The attached possessive pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)


(12:17:2)
yāabānā
"O our father!
VOC – prefixed vocative particle ya
N – accusative masculine singular noun
PRON – 1st person plural possessive pronoun
أداة نداء
اسم منصوب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (12:17)

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

Sahih International: They said, "O our father, indeed we went racing each other and left Joseph with our possessions, and a wolf ate him. But you would not believe us, even if we were truthful."

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