The sixth word of verse (3:187) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The passive form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is hamza tā yā (أ ت ي). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (3) sūrat āl ʿim'rān (The Family of Imrān) (3:187:6) ūtū were given
V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) passive perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	فعل ماض مبني للمجهول والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع نائب فاعل

Verse (3:187)

The analysis above refers to the 187th verse of chapter 3 (sūrat āl ʿim'rān):

Sahih International: And [mention, O Muhammad], when Allah took a covenant from those who were given the Scripture, [saying], "You must make it clear to the people and not conceal it." But they threw it away behind their backs and exchanged it for a small price. And wretched is that which they purchased.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza tā yā

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