The fourth word of verse (21:43) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and object pronoun. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person feminine singular and is in the indicative mood (مرفوع). The verb's triliteral root is mīm nūn ʿayn (م ن ع). The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (21) sūrat l-anbiyāa (The Prophets) (21:43:4) tamnaʿuhum (to) defend them
V – 3rd person feminine singular imperfect verb PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	فعل مضارع و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (21:43)

The analysis above refers to the 43rd verse of chapter 21 (sūrat l-anbiyāa):

Sahih International: Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

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 mīm nūn ʿayn

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