The fifth word of verse (12:12) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A conjunction and verb. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is lām ʿayn bā (ل ع ب).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:12:5) wayalʿab and play.
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع مجزوم

Verse (12:12)

The analysis above refers to the twelfth verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: Send him with us tomorrow that he may eat well and play. And indeed, we will be his guardians.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root lām ʿayn bā

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