The first word of verse (20:78) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is tā bā ʿayn (ت ب ع). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā (20:78:1) fa-atbaʿahum Then followed them
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) perfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (20:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: So Pharaoh pursued them with his soldiers, and there covered them from the sea that which covered them,

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root tā bā ʿayn

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