Joseph 12:62

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Arabic English Morphology
وَقَالَ waqāla
And he said V
to his servants Noun
Put V
بِضَٰعَتَهُمْ biḍāʿatahum
their merchandise Noun
فِى
in Prep
رِحَالِهِمْ riḥālihim
their saddlebags Noun
so that they Prep
may recognize it V
إِذَا idhā
when Noun
they go back V
to Prep
their people Noun
so that they may Prep
return V

Joseph said to his servants, ‘Put their [traded] goods back into their saddlebags, so that they may recognize them when they go back to their family, and [be eager to] return.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالَ لِفِتۡیَـٰنِهِ ٱجۡعَلُوا۟ بِضَـٰعَتَهُمۡ فِی رِحَالِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَعۡرِفُونَهَاۤ إِذَا ٱنقَلَبُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰۤ أَهۡلِهِمۡ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝٦٢

waqāla lifit'yānihi ij'ʿalū biḍāʿatahum fī riḥālihim laʿallahum yaʿrifūnahā idhā inqalabū ilā ahlihim laʿallahum yarjiʿūn