The sixth word of verse (34:16) is divided into 4 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form II perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is bā dāl lām (ب د ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine plural.

Chapter (34) sūrat saba (Sheba) (34:16:6) wabaddalnāhum and We changed for them
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 1st person plural (form II) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل و«هم» ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (34:16)

The analysis above refers to the sixteenth verse of chapter 34 (sūrat saba):

Sahih International: But they turned away [refusing], so We sent upon them the flood of the dam, and We replaced their two [fields of] gardens with gardens of bitter fruit, tamarisks and something of sparse lote trees.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root bā dāl lām

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