The third word of verse (7:78) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The form IV perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is ṣād bā ḥā (ص ب ح). The verb (اصبح) 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) (7:78:3) fa-aṣbaḥū then they became
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 3rd person masculine plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء استئنافية فعل ماض من اخوات «كان» والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «اصبح»

Verse (7:78)

The analysis above refers to the 78th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: So the earthquake seized them, and they became within their home [corpses] fallen prone.

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 ṣād bā ḥā

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