Hafiz soon
Yusuf · 12:20
And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.
Sahih International
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وَشَرَوْهُ
washarawhu
And they sold him
Word breakdown
و
Harf · Conjunctionand
شر
Fi'l · VerbAnd they sold him
Rootشري$ry
to buy, to purchase, to sell
25× in the Quran · Rare
LemmaشَرَVerb (form I) - to sell
وْ
Ism · Personal pronounthem/their
هُ
Ism · Personal pronounhim/his/it
Grammar rules
Past tense verb
وَشَرَوْهُ (And they sold him) is a past tense verb — the action already happened and is complete.
We translate it in past tense — "did", "created", "said", etc.
Lesson 8 · Verbs — Past & PresentConjunction وَ (and)
وَشَرَوْهُ (And they sold him) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".
We add "and" to connect this to what came before.
Lesson 4 · Particles