The ninth word of verse (16:120) is an imperfect verb (فعل مضارع). The verb is third person masculine singular and is in the jussive mood (مجزوم). The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (يك) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها).

Chapter (16) sūrat l-naḥl (The Bees) (16:120:9) yaku he was
V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood	فعل مضارع مجزوم

Verse (16:120)

The analysis above refers to the 120th verse of chapter 16 (sūrat l-naḥl):

Sahih International: Indeed, Abraham was a [comprehensive] leader, devoutly obedient to Allah , inclining toward truth, and he was not of those who associate others with Allah.

See Also

• English Translations
• The Verb kāna (كان واخواتها)
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root kāf wāw nūn

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