The first word of verse (8:54) is divided into 2 morphological segments. A preposition and noun. The prefixed preposition ka is usually translated as "like" or "as". The noun is masculine and is in the genitive case (مجرور). The noun's triliteral root is dāl hamza bā (د أ ب). Together the segments form a preposition phrase known as jār wa majrūr (جار ومجرور).

Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) (8:54:1) kadabi Like (the) way
P – prefixed preposition ka N – genitive masculine noun	جار ومجرور

Verse (8:54)

The analysis above refers to the 54th verse of chapter 8 (sūrat l-anfāl):

Sahih International: [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.

See Also

• English Translations
• Preposition Phrases
• Dependency Graph - visual syntax (i'rāb) for this verse
• Concordance - list occurances of this word
• Quran Dictionary - the root dāl hamza bā

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