The sixth word of verse (12:29) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is dhāl nūn bā (ذ ن ب). The attached possessive pronoun is second person feminine singular. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:29:6) lidhanbiki for your sin.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine noun PRON – 2nd person feminine singular possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور والكاف ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (12:29)

The analysis above refers to the 29th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: Joseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root dhāl nūn bā

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