Joseph 12:46

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Arabic English Morphology
يُوسُفُ yūsufu
Yusuf Noun
O Noun
the truthful one Noun
Explain to us V
فِى
about Prep
سَبْعِ sabʿi
(the) seven Noun
بَقَرَٰتٍ baqarātin
cows Noun
سِمَانٍ simānin
fat Noun
eating them V
سَبْعٌ sabʿun
seven Noun
عِجَافٌ ʿijāfun
lean ones Noun
وَسَبْعِ wasabʿi
and seven Noun
ears (of corn) Noun
خُضْرٍ khuḍ'rin
green Noun
وَأُخَرَ wa-ukhara
and other Noun
يَابِسَٰتٍ yābisātin
dry Noun
that I may Prep
return V
إِلَى ilā
to Prep
the people Noun
so that they may Prep
know V

‘Truthful Joseph! Tell us the meaning of seven fat cows being eaten by seven lean ones, seven green ears of corn and [seven] others withered

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یُوسُفُ أَیُّهَا ٱلصِّدِّیقُ أَفۡتِنَا فِی سَبۡعِ بَقَرَ ٰتࣲ سِمَانࣲ یَأۡكُلُهُنَّ سَبۡعٌ عِجَافࣱ وَسَبۡعِ سُنۢبُلَـٰتٍ خُضۡرࣲ وَأُخَرَ یَابِسَـٰتࣲ لَّعَلِّیۤ أَرۡجِعُ إِلَى ٱلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤٦

yūsufu ayyuhā l-ṣidīqu aftinā fī sabʿi baqarātin simānin yakuluhunna sabʿun ʿijāfun wasabʿi sunbulātin khuḍ'rin wa-ukhara yābisātin laʿallī arjiʿu ilā l-nāsi laʿallahum yaʿlamūn