The thirteenth word of verse (12:5) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is hamza nūn sīn (أ ن س). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph) (12:5:13) lil'insāni (is) to man
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (12:5)

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

Sahih International: He said, "O my son, do not relate your vision to your brothers or they will contrive against you a plan. Indeed Satan, to man, is a manifest enemy.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root hamza nūn sīn

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