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Verse (7:127), Word 17 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventeenth word of verse (7:127) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form X imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person plural and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ḥā yā yā (ح ي ي).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights)


(7:127:17)
wanastaḥyī
and we will let live
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 1st person plural (form X) imperfect verb
الواو عاطفة
فعل مضارع

Verse (7:127)

The analysis above refers to the 127th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will kill their sons and keep their women alive; and indeed, we are subjugators over them."

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