Quran 12:19: The Last Testament

A traveling caravan came and they sent their water-drawer. When he let down his bucket he said, "Good news, there is a boy!" So they hid him as merchandise. God knows what they do.

12:19Verse 1625 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَجَٓاءَتْ

wajāat

And there came

General Arabic dictionary

Corpus form جاء. Dictionary lookup may use a verified citation form when the corpus form is inflected.

Meaning in this ayah

And there came

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaجَjaٓٓاāءَʾaتْt

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ROOTج ي ا

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with one attached part

What this word is doing

“وَ” (wa)a joining word meaning “and.” It connects this word to what came before.Corpus grammarCONJ — prefixed conjunction wa (and).

“جَاءَتْ” (jāʾat)means “And there came” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, third person — feminine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person feminine singular perfect verb.