Tafseel — Quranic Arabic

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Al-A'raf · 7:19

And "O Adam, dwell, you and your wife, in Paradise and eat from wherever you will but do not approach this tree, lest you be among the wrongdoers."

Sahih International

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وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ

wayāādamu

And O Adam!

Word breakdown

وَ

Harf · Conjunction

and

يَٰٓ

Harf · Vocative particle

ـَٔادَمُ

Ism · Proper noun

And O Adam!

LemmaآدَمProper noun - Adam

Conjunction وَ (and)

وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ (And O Adam!) starts with وَ, the most common Arabic word — it means "and".

We add "and" to connect this to what came before.

Vocative يا (O!)

وَيَـٰٓـَٔادَمُ (And O Adam!) uses the vocative — it's calling out to someone or addressing them directly.

We add "O" before the name — "O And O Adam!!"