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Verse (18:77), Word 7 - Quranic Grammar

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The seventh word of verse (18:77) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The form X perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine dual. The verb's triliteral root is ṭā ʿayn mīm (ط ع م). The suffix (الألف) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (18) sūrat l-kahf (The Cave)


(18:77:7)
is'taṭʿamā
they asked for food
V – 3rd person masculine dual (form X) perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والألف ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (18:77)

The analysis above refers to the 77th verse of chapter 18 (sūrat l-kahf):

Sahih International: So they set out, until when they came to the people of a town, they asked its people for food, but they refused to offer them hospitality. And they found therein a wall about to collapse, so al-Khidh r restored it. [Moses] said, "If you wished, you could have taken for it a payment."

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