The twelfth word of verse (28:9) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and object pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is nūn fā ʿayn (ن ف ع). The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (28) sūrat l-qaṣaṣ (The Stories) (28:9:12) yanfaʿanā he may benefit us,
V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun	فعل مضارع منصوب و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (28:9)

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

Sahih International: And the wife of Pharaoh said, "[He will be] a comfort of the eye for me and for you. Do not kill him; perhaps he may benefit us, or we may adopt him as a son." And they perceived not.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root nūn fā ʿayn

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