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Verse (20:40), Word 3 - Quranic Grammar

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The third word of verse (20:40) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A noun and possessive pronoun. The noun is feminine singular and is in the nominative case (مرفوع). The noun's triliteral root is hamza khā wāw (أ خ و). The attached possessive pronoun is second person masculine singular.

Chapter (20) sūrat ṭā hā


(20:40:3)
ukh'tuka
your sister
N – nominative feminine singular noun
PRON – 2nd person masculine singular possessive pronoun
اسم مرفوع والكاف ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

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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