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Verse (20:40), Word 18 - Quranic Grammar

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The eighteenth word of verse (20:40) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is qāf tā lām (ق ت ل). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā


(20:40:18)
waqatalta
And you killed
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 2nd person masculine singular perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
الواو عاطفة
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (20:40)

The analysis above refers to the 40th verse of chapter 20 (sūrat ṭā hā):

Sahih International: [And We favored you] when your sister went and said, 'Shall I direct you to someone who will be responsible for him?' So We restored you to your mother that she might be content and not grieve. And you killed someone, but We saved you from retaliation and tried you with a [severe] trial. And you remained [some] years among the people of Madyan. Then you came [here] at the decreed time, O Moses.

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