The first word of verse (10:87) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb and subject pronoun. The connective particle wa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. 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 (10) sūrat yūnus (Jonah) (10:87:1) wa-awḥaynā And We inspired
REM – prefixed resumption particle V – 1st person plural (form IV) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو استئنافية فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (10:87)

The analysis above refers to the 87th verse of chapter 10 (sūrat yūnus):

Sahih International: And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw ḥā yā

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