The ninth word of verse (5:108) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine plural and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is khā wāw fā (خ و ف). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (5) sūrat l-māidah (The Table spread with Food) (5:108:9) yakhāfū they would fear
V – 3rd person masculine plural imperfect verb, subjunctive mood PRON – subject pronoun	فعل مضارع منصوب والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (5:108)

The analysis above refers to the 108th verse of chapter 5 (sūrat l-māidah):

Sahih International: That is more likely that they will give testimony according to its [true] objective, or [at least] they would fear that [other] oaths might be taken after their oaths. And fear Allah and listen; and Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root khā wāw fā

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