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Verse (16:66), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (16:66) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and active participle. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The active participle is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The active participle's triliteral root is shīn rā bā (ش ر ب). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees)


(16:66:17)
lilshāribīna
to the drinkers.
P – prefixed preposition lām
N – genitive masculine plural active participle
جار ومجرور

Verse (16:66)

The analysis above refers to the 66th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers.

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