Qur'an | Word by Word | Audio | Prayer Times
__ Sign In
 
__

Verse (2:128), Word 2 - Quranic Grammar

__

The second word of verse (2:128) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The imperative verb (فعل أمر) is second person masculine singular. The verb's triliteral root is jīm ʿayn lām (ج ع ل). The attached object pronoun is first person plural.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:128:2)
wa-ij'ʿalnā
[and] Make us
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and)
V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb
PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun
الواو عاطفة
فعل أمر و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (2:128)

The analysis above refers to the 128th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: Our Lord, and make us Muslims [in submission] to You and from our descendants a Muslim nation [in submission] to You. And show us our rites and accept our repentance. Indeed, You are the Accepting of repentance, the Merciful.

See Also

Messages

You can sign in to add a message if this information could be improved or requires discussion.

Language Research Group
University of Leeds
__