The 21st word of verse (7:148) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A circumstantial particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "while" and is used to indicate the circumstance of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:148:21) wakānū and they were
CIRC – prefixed circumstantial particle V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو حالية فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (7:148)

The analysis above refers to the 148th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And the people of Moses made, after [his departure], from their ornaments a calf - an image having a lowing sound. Did they not see that it could neither speak to them nor guide them to a way? They took it [for worship], and they were wrongdoers.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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