The third word of verse (2:250) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and proper noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The proper noun is in the genitive case (مجرور). The case marker is a fatḥah instead of a kasrah because the proper noun is a diptote (ممنوع من الصرف). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:250:3) lijālūta to (face) Jalut
P – prefixed preposition lām PN – genitive proper noun → Jalut	جار ومجرور

Verse (2:250)

The analysis above refers to the 250th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Jalut - referred to by the proper noun

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