The sixth word of verse (19:19) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is first person singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is wāw hā bā (و ه ب).

Chapter (19) sūrat maryam (Mary) (19:19:6) li-ahaba that I (may) bestow
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 1st person singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (19:19)

The analysis above refers to the nineteenth verse of chapter 19 (sūrat maryam):

Sahih International: He said, "I am only the messenger of your Lord to give you [news of] a pure boy."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root wāw hā bā

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