The fourth word of verse (29:37) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction fa is usually translated as "and". The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ṣād bā ḥā (ص ب ح). The verb (اصبح) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (29) sūrat l-ʿankabūt (The Spider) (29:37:4) fa-aṣbaḥū and they became
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء عاطفة فعل ماض من اخوات «كان» والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «اصبح»

Verse (29:37)

The analysis above refers to the 37th verse of chapter 29 (sūrat l-ʿankabūt):

Sahih International: But they denied him, so the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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 ṣād bā ḥā

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