The fourth word of verse (12:58) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction fa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is dāl khā lām (د خ ل). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:58:4) fadakhalū and they entered
CONJ – prefixed conjunction fa (and) V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الفاء عاطفة فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (12:58)

The analysis above refers to the 58th verse of chapter 12 (sūrat yūsuf):

Sahih International: And the brothers of Joseph came [seeking food], and they entered upon him; and he recognized them, but he was to them unknown.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root dāl khā lām

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