Quran 12:58: The Last Testament

Joseph's brothers came and entered upon him, and he recognized them, but they did not recognize him.

12:58Verse 1664 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

وَجَٓاءَ

wajāa

And 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 came

Letter-by-letter reading

وَwaجَjaٓٓاāءَʾa

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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).

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