Quran 20:78: The Last Testament

So Pharaoh followed them with his soldiers, but the sea came over them and covered them.

20:78Verse 2444 of 6,346

Translation

English · QRT translation

فَاَتْبَعَهُمْ

fa-atbaʿahum

Then followed them

General Arabic dictionary

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

Meaning in this ayah

Then followed them

Letter-by-letter reading

فَfaاَāaتْtبَbaعَʿaهُhuمْm

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ROOTت ب ع

WHAT THIS ISAn action or state word (a verb) with 2 attached parts

What this word is doing

“فَ” (fa)This word resumes the flow after a pause or change in thought.Corpus grammarREM — prefixed rem particle.

“أَتْبَعَ” (ʾaatbaʿa)means “Then followed them” in this verse. It is a verb. an action or state word. Here it is perfect verb, verb pattern four, third person — masculine — singular.Corpus grammarV — third person masculine singular perfect verb.

“هُمْ” (hum)an attached pronoun meaning “they” or “them.”Corpus grammarPRON — third person masculine plural attached pronoun.