The ninth word of verse (14:24) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The indefinite noun is feminine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is shīn jīm rā (ش ج ر). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (14) sūrat ib'rāhīm (Abraham) (14:24:9) kashajaratin (is) like a tree
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive feminine indefinite noun → Tree	جار ومجرور

Verse (14:24)

The analysis above refers to the 24th verse of chapter 14 (sūrat ib'rāhīm):

Sahih International: Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like a good tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches [high] in the sky?

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 shīn jīm rā
• Tree - referred to by the noun

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