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Verse (2:72), Word 9 - Quranic Grammar

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The ninth word of verse (2:72) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A verb and subject pronoun. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is second person masculine plural. The verb's triliteral root is kāf wāw nūn (ك و ن). The verb (كان) belongs to a special group of words known as kāna and her sisters (كان واخواتها). The suffix (التاء) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (2) sūrat l-baqarah (The Cow)


(2:72:9)
kuntum
you were
V – 2nd person masculine plural perfect verb
PRON – subject pronoun
فعل ماض والتاء ضمير متصل في محل رفع اسم «كان»

Verse (2:72)

The analysis above refers to the 72nd verse of chapter 2 (sūrat l-baqarah):

Sahih International: And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed over it, but Allah was to bring out that which you were concealing.

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