The first word of verse (18:18) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is second person masculine singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is ḥā sīn bā (ح س ب). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave) (18:18:1) wataḥsabuhum And you (would) think them
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل مضارع و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (18:18)

The analysis above refers to the eighteenth verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: And you would think them awake, while they were asleep. And We turned them to the right and to the left, while their dog stretched his forelegs at the entrance. If you had looked at them, you would have turned from them in flight and been filled by them with terror.

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 ḥā sīn bā

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