The sixteenth word of verse (24:31) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition bi is usually translated as "with" or "by". The noun is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is khā mīm rā (خ م ر). The attached possessive pronoun is third person feminine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (24) sūrat l-nūr (The Light) (24:31:16) bikhumurihinna their head covers
P – prefixed preposition bi N – genitive masculine plural noun PRON – 3rd person feminine plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«هن» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (24:31)

The analysis above refers to the 31st verse of chapter 24 (sūrat l-nūr):

Sahih International: And tell the believing women to reduce [some] of their vision and guard their private parts and not expose their adornment except that which [necessarily] appears thereof and to wrap [a portion of] their headcovers over their chests and not expose their adornment except to their husbands, their fathers, their husbands' fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers, their brothers' sons, their sisters' sons, their women, that which their right hands possess, or those male attendants having no physical desire, or children who are not yet aware of the private aspects of women. And let them not stamp their feet to make known what they conceal of their adornment. And turn to Allah in repentance, all of you, O believers, that you might succeed.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root khā mīm rā

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Asim Iqbal 2nd 8th June, 2011 khumur is plural of khimaar. Weight of khimaar is fi'aal. Reference: Lane's Lexicon, Volume 2, Page 809, Column 3.

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