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Verse (7:39), Word 13 - Quranic Grammar

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The thirteenth word of verse (7:39) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second 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 (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

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


(7:39:13)
kuntum
you used to
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (7:39)

The analysis above refers to the 39th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."

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