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Yusuf 12:47

قَالَ تَزۡرَعُونَ سَبۡعَ سِنِينَ دَأَبٗا فَمَا حَصَدتُّمۡ فَذَرُوهُ فِي سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٗا مِّمَّا تَأۡكُلُونَ

Joseph replied, “You will plant ˹grain˺ for seven consecutive years, leaving in the ear whatever you will harvest, except for the little you will eat.

Word by word

قَالَ
qāla
He said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
تَزۡرَعُونَ
tazraʿūna
You will sow
Vocabulary
Root: زرع
سَبۡعَ
sabʿa
(for) seven
Vocabulary
Root: سبع
سِنِينَ
sinīna
years
Vocabulary
Root: سنو
دَأَبٗا
da-aban
as usual
Vocabulary
Root: داب
فَمَا
famā
and that which
Vocabulary
حَصَدتُّمۡ
ḥaṣadttum
you reap
Vocabulary
Root: حصد
فَذَرُوهُ
fadharūhu
so leave it
Vocabulary
Root: وذر
فِي
fī
in
Vocabulary
سُنۢبُلِهِۦٓ
sunbulihi
its ears
Vocabulary
إِلَّا
illā
except
Vocabulary
قَلِيلٗا
qalīlan
a little
Vocabulary
Root: قلل
مِّمَّا
mimmā
from which
Vocabulary
تَأۡكُلُونَ
takulūna
you (will) eat
Vocabulary
Root: اكل

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.