The seventh word of verse (2:240) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A preposition, noun and possessive pronoun. The prefixed preposition lām is usually translated as "for". The noun is masculine plural and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is zāy wāw jīm (ز و ج). The attached possessive pronoun is third person masculine plural. Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow) (2:240:7) li-azwājihim for their wives,
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural noun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural possessive pronoun	جار ومجرور و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل جر بالاضافة

Verse (2:240)

The analysis above refers to the 240th verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And those who are taken in death among you and leave wives behind - for their wives is a bequest: maintenance for one year without turning [them] out. But if they leave [of their own accord], then there is no blame upon you for what they do with themselves in an acceptable way. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root zāy wāw jīm

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