Ayah al-A`raf (The Heights, The Elevated Places) 7:176 Word for Word at IslamAwakened.com

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walaw

And if

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ل و

shi'nā

We willed

V – 1st person plural perfect verb + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na

Root Link: ش ى ء

larafaʿnāhu

surely We (could) have raised him

EMPH – emphatic prefix lam + V – 1st person plural perfect verb + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ر ف ع

bihā

with these

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

Root Link: ب

walākinnahu

[and] but he

REM – prefixed resumption particle wa + ACC – accusative particle lakinna + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ل ك ن

akhlada

adhered

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

Root Link: خ ل د

ilā

P – preposition

Root Link: ا ل ى

l-arḍi

the earth

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive feminine noun

Root Link: ا ر ض

wa-ittabaʿa

and followed

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

Root Link: ت ب ع

hawāhu

his (vain) desires

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

Root Link: ه و ى

famathaluhu

So his example

REM – prefixed resumption particle fa + N – nominative masculine noun + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: م ث ل

kamathali

(is) like (the) example

P – prefixed preposition ka + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: م ث ل

l-kalbi

(of) the dog

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ك ل ب

COND – conditional particle

Root Link: ا ن

taḥmil

you attack

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

Root Link: ح م ل

ʿalayhi

[on] him

P – preposition + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ع ل ى

yalhath

he lolls out his tongue

V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood

Root Link: ل ه ث

CONJ – coordinating conjunction

Root Link: ا و

tatruk'hu

if you leave him

V – 2nd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood + PRON – 3rd person masculine singular possessive pronoun ha

Root Link: ت ر ك

yalhath

he lolls out his tongue

V – 3rd person masculine singular imperfect verb, jussive mood

Root Link: ل ه ث

dhālika

That

DEM – masculine singular demonstrative pronoun

Root Link: ذ ل ك

mathalu

(is the) example

N – nominative masculine noun

Root Link: م ث ل

l-qawmi

(of) the people

DET – determiner prefix al + N – genitive masculine noun

Root Link: ق و م

alladhīna

who

REL – masculine plural relative pronoun

Root Link: ا ل ل ذ

kadhabū

denied

V – 3rd person masculine plural (form II) perfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun waw

Root Link: ك ذ ب

biāyātinā

[in] Our Signs

P – prefixed preposition bi + N – genitive feminine plural noun + PRON – 1st person plural object pronoun na

Root Link: ا ى ا

fa-uq'ṣuṣi

So relate

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

Root Link: ق ص ص

l-qaṣaṣa

the story

DET – determiner prefix al + N – accusative masculine noun

Root Link: ق ص ص

laʿallahum

so that they may

ACC – accusative particle la?alla + PRON – 3rd person masculine plural object pronoun Ha

Root Link: ل ع ل ل

yatafakkarūna

reflect

V – 3rd person masculine plural (form V) imperfect verb + PRON – subject pronoun na

Root Link: ف ك ر

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