Ayah al-Baqarah (The Cow) 2:258 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

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alam

Did not

INTG – prefixed interrogative alif + NEG – negative particle

Root Link: ل م

tara

you see

V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood

Root Link: ر ا ى

ilā

[towards]

P – preposition

Root Link: ا ل ى

alladhī

the one who

REL – masculine singular relative pronoun

Root Link: ا ل ل ذ

ḥājja

argued

V – 3rd person masculine singular (form III) perfect verb

Root Link: ح ج ج

ib'rāhīma

(with) Ibrahim

PN – accusative masculine proper noun

Root Link: ا ب ر

fī

concerning

P – preposition

Root Link: ف ى

rabbihi

his Lord

N – genitive masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ر ب ب

because

SUB – subordinating conjunction

Root Link: ا ن

ātāhu

gave him

V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) perfect verb + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ا ت ى

l-lahu

Allah

PN – nominative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

l-mul'ka

the kingdom

DET – determiner prefix al + N – accusative masculine noun

Root Link: م ل ك

idh

When

T – time adverb

Root Link: ا ذ

qāla

Said

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ق و ل

ib'rāhīmu

Ibrahim

PN – nominative masculine proper noun

Root Link: ا ب ر

rabbiya

My Lord

N – nominative masculine noun + PRON – 1st person singular object pronoun Ya

Root Link: ر ب ب

alladhī

(is) the One Who

REL – masculine singular relative pronoun

Root Link: ا ل ل ذ

yuḥ'yī

grants life

V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb

Root Link: ح ى ى

wayumītu

and causes death

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + V – 3rd person masculine singular (form IV) imperfect verb

Root Link: م و ت

qāla

He said

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ق و ل

anā

PRON – 1st person singular personal pronoun ana

Root Link: ا ن ا

uḥ'yī

give life

V – 1st person singular (form IV) imperfect verb

Root Link: ح ى ى

wa-umītu

and cause death

CONJ – prefixed conjunction wa (and) + V – 1st person singular (form IV) imperfect verb

Root Link: م و ت

qāla

Said

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ق و ل

ib'rāhīmu

Ibrahim

PN – nominative masculine proper noun

Root Link: ا ب ر

fa-inna

[Then] indeed

SUP – prefixed supplemental particle fa + ACC – accusative particle inna

Root Link: ا ن ن

l-laha

Allah

PN – accusative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

yatī

brings up

V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb

Root Link: ا ت ى

bil-shamsi

the sun

P – prefixed preposition bi + DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive feminine noun

Root Link: ش م س

mina

from

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

l-mashriqi

the east

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ش ر ق

fati

so you bring

REM – prefixed resumption particle fa + V – 2nd person masculine singular imperative verb

Root Link: ا ت ى

bihā

P – prefixed preposition bi + PRON – 3rd person feminine singular personal pronoun ha

Root Link: ب

mina

from

P – preposition

Root Link: م ن

l-maghribi

the west

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: غ ر ب

fabuhita

So became dumbfounded

REM – prefixed resumption particle fa + V – 3rd person masculine singular passive perfect verb

Root Link: ب ه ت

alladhī

the one who

REL – masculine singular relative pronoun

Root Link: ا ل ل ذ

kafara

disbelieved

V – 3rd person masculine singular perfect verb

Root Link: ك ف ر

wal-lahu

and Allah

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + PN – nominative proper noun

Root Link: ا ل ه

lā

(does) not

NEG – negative particle

Root Link: ل ا

yahdī

guide

V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb

Root Link: ه د ى

l-qawma

the people

DET – determiner prefix al + N – accusative masculine noun

Root Link: ق و م

l-ẓālimīna

(who are) [the] wrongdoers

DET – determiner prefix al + ADJ – accusative masculine plural active participle

Root Link: ظ ل م

Acknowledgements:

Single-Word Audio has been made possible through software provided by Arabi for Arabic NLP

James Ada's concordance work; his research can be found at www.organizedQuran.com
Note: James is now a member of the IslamAwakened Continuity Board

The work of Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh and Ms. Kausar Khatri; their work is here The Glorious Quran Word-for-Word Translation to facilitate learning of Quranic Arabic

The Easy Dictionary of the Qur'an by Shaikh Abdul Karim Parekh

And of course Lane's Lexicon: An Arabic-English Lexicon: Derived From the Best and the Most Copious Eastern Sources by Edward William Lane