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Verse (17:70), Word 5 - Quranic Grammar

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The fifth word of verse (17:70) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is ḥā mīm lām (ح م ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (17) sūrat l-isrā (The Night Journey)


(17:70:5)
waḥamalnāhum
and We carried them
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 1st person plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun
الواو عاطفة
فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (17:70)

The analysis above refers to the 70th verse of chapter 17 (sūrat l-isrā):

Sahih International: And We have certainly honored the children of Adam and carried them on the land and sea and provided for them of the good things and preferred them over much of what We have created, with [definite] preference.

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