The second word of verse (16:92) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). 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 (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:92:2) takūnū be
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (16:92)

The analysis above refers to the 92nd verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: And do not be like she who untwisted her spun thread after it was strong [by] taking your oaths as [means of] deceit between you because one community is more plentiful [in number or wealth] than another community. Allah only tries you thereby. And He will surely make clear to you on the Day of Resurrection that over which you used to differ.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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