The first word of verse (7:117) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is wāw ḥā yā (و ح ي). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:117:1) wa-awḥaynā And We inspired
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:117)

The analysis above refers to the 117th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.

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 wāw ḥā yā

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