The first word of verse (7:138) is divided into 3 morphological segments. A conjunction, verb and subject pronoun. The prefixed conjunction wa is usually translated as "and". The form III perfect verb (فعل ماض) is first person plural. The verb's triliteral root is jīm wāw zāy (ج و ز). The suffix (نا) is an attached subject pronoun.

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:138:1) wajāwaznā And We led across
CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) V – 1st person plural (form III) perfect verb PRON – subject pronoun	الواو عاطفة فعل ماض و«نا» ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل

Verse (7:138)

The analysis above refers to the 138th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: And We took the Children of Israel across the sea; then they came upon a people intent in devotion to [some] idols of theirs. They said, "O Moses, make for us a god just as they have gods." He said, "Indeed, you are a people behaving ignorantly.

See Also

• English Translations
• Verb Forms in Quranic Grammar
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root jīm wāw zāy

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