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

Word 1 of 9

وَشَرَوْهُ

washarawhu

And they sold him

Word breakdown

و

Harf · Conjunction

and

شر

Fi'l · Verb

And they sold him

Rootشري$ry

to buy, to purchase, to sell

25× in the Quran · Rare

LemmaشَرَVerb (form I) - to sell

وْ

Ism · Personal pronoun

them/their

هُ

Ism · Personal pronoun

him/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 & Present
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.

Lesson 4 · Particles