The fourth word of verse (6:9) is divided into 4 morphological segments. An emphatic prefix, verb, subject pronoun and object pronoun. The prefixed particle lām is usually translated as "surely" or "indeed" and is used to add emphasis. The perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm ʿayn lām (ج ع ل). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun. The attached object pronoun is third person masculine singular.

Chapter (6) sūrat l-anʿām (The Cattle) (6:9:4) lajaʿalnāhu certainly We (would) have made him
EMPH – emphatic prefix lām V – 1st person plural perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun PRON – 3rd person masculine singular object pronoun	اللام لام التوكيد فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل والهاء ضمير متصل في محل نصب مفعول به

Verse (6:9)

The analysis above refers to the ninth verse of chapter 6 (sūrat l-anʿām):

Sahih International: And if We had made him an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verbs, Subjects and Objects
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm ʿayn lām

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