The fourth word of verse (28:8) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (يكون) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:8:4) liyakūna so that he might become
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (28:8)

The analysis above refers to the eighth verse of chapter 28 (sūrat l-qaṣaṣ):

Sahih International: And the family of Pharaoh picked him up [out of the river] so that he would become to them an enemy and a [cause of] grief. Indeed, Pharaoh and Haman and their soldiers were deliberate sinners.

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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