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Yusuf · Ayah 20

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And they sold him

وَشَرَوْهُ

And they sold him

وHarf · Conjunction

Conjunction: connects words, phrases, or clauses

and

شرFi'l · Verb

3rd personMasculinePluralPast

Rootشري

★★★★Common

to buy, to purchase, to sell

Lemmaشَرَ

Verb (form I) - to sell

وْIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine plural)

them/their

3rd personMasculinePlural

هُIsm · Personal pronoun

Attached pronoun: functions as object, possessor, or complement (3rd person masculine singular)

him/his/it

3rd personMasculineSingular

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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.

Conjunction 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.

And they sold him for a reduced price - a few dirhams - and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

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