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Verse (12:9), Word 10 - Quranic Grammar

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The tenth word of verse (12:9) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine plural and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (12) sūrat yūsuf (Joseph)


(12:9:10)
watakūnū
and you will be
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 2nd person masculine plural imperfect verb, jussive mood
PRON – subject pronoun
الواو عاطفة
فعل مضارع مجزوم والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (12:9)

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

Sahih International: Kill Joseph or cast him out to [another] land; the countenance of your father will [then] be only for you, and you will be after that a righteous people."

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