The ninth word of verse (43:59) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. 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 bā nūn yā (ب ن ي). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) (43:59:9) libanī for (the) Children of Israel.
P – prefixed preposition lām N – genitive masculine plural noun → Children of Israel	جار ومجرور

Verse (43:59)

The analysis above refers to the 59th verse of chapter 43 (sūrat l-zukh'ruf):

Sahih International: Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Arabic Grammar - syntactic i'rāb (إعراب) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root bā nūn yā
• Children of Israel - the noun marks the start of this phrase

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