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Verse (16:43), Word 13 - Quranic Grammar

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The thirteenth word of verse (16:43) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:43:13)
kuntum
you
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (16:43)

The analysis above refers to the 43rd verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And We sent not before you except men to whom We revealed [Our message]. So ask the people of the message if you do not know.

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