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Verse (2:71), Word 21 - Quranic Grammar

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The 21st word of verse (2:71) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A resumption particle, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The connective particle fa is usually translated as "then" or "so" and is used to indicate a sequence of events. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is third person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is dhāl bā ḥā (ذ ب ح). The suffix (الواو) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person feminine singular.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:71:21)
fadhabaḥūhā
So they slaughtered it,
REM – prefixed resumption particle
V – 3rd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
PRON – 3rd person feminine singular object pronoun
الفاء استئنافية
فعل ماض والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«ها» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (2:71)

The analysis above refers to the 71st verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.' " They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

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