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Yusuf 12:72

قَالُواْ نَفۡقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلۡمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمۡلُ بَعِيرٖ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٞ

The herald ˹along with the guards˺ replied, “We have lost the King’s measuring cup. And whoever brings it will be awarded a camel-load ˹of grain˺. I guarantee it.”

Word by word

قَالُواْ
qālū
They said
Vocabulary
Root: قول
نَفۡقِدُ
nafqidu
We are missing
Vocabulary
Root: فقد
صُوَاعَ
ṣuwāʿa
(the) cup
Vocabulary
Root: صوع
ٱلۡمَلِكِ
l-maliki
(of) the king
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
وَلِمَن
waliman
And for (one) who
Vocabulary
جَآءَ
jāa
brings
Vocabulary
Root: جيا
بِهِۦ
bihi
it
Vocabulary
حِمۡلُ
ḥim'lu
(is) a load
Vocabulary
Root: حمل
بَعِيرٖ
baʿīrin
(of) a camel
Vocabulary
Root: بعر
وَأَنَا۠
wa-anā
and I
Vocabulary
بِهِۦ
bihi
for it
Vocabulary
زَعِيمٞ
zaʿīmun
(is) responsible
Vocabulary
Root: زعم

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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.