The tenth word of verse (7:189) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A particle of purpose and verb. The prefixed particle lām is used to indicate the purpose of an action and makes the following verb subjunctive. The imperfect verb (فعل مضارع) is third person masculine singular and is in the subjunctive mood (منصوب). The verb's triliteral root is sīn kāf nūn (س ك ن).

Chapter (7) sūrat l-aʿrāf (The Heights) (7:189:10) liyaskuna that he might live
PRP – prefixed particle of purpose lām V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, subjunctive mood	اللام لام التعليل فعل مضارع منصوب

Verse (7:189)

The analysis above refers to the 189th verse of chapter 7 (sūrat l-aʿrāf):

Sahih International: It is He who created you from one soul and created from it its mate that he might dwell in security with her. And when he covers her, she carries a light burden and continues therein. And when it becomes heavy, they both invoke Allah , their Lord, "If You should give us a good [child], we will surely be among the grateful."

See Also

• English Translations
• The Subjunctive and Jussive Moods
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root sīn kāf nūn

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