Joseph 12:78

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Arabic English Morphology
They said V
O Noun
Aziz Noun
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
he has Noun
أَبًا aban
a father Noun
شَيْخًا shaykhan
old Noun
كَبِيرًا kabīran
[great] Noun
فَخُذْ fakhudh
so take V
أَحَدَنَا aḥadanā
one of us Noun
(in) his place Noun
إِنَّا innā
Indeed, we Prep
[we] see you V
مِنَ mina
of Prep
the good-doers Noun

They said, ‘Mighty governor, he has an elderly father. Take one of us in his place. We can see that you are a very good man.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

قَالُوا۟ یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلۡعَزِیزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥۤ أَبࣰا شَیۡخࣰا كَبِیرࣰا فَخُذۡ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥۤۖ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡسِنِینَ ۝٧٨

qālū yāayyuhā l-ʿazīzu inna lahu aban shaykhan kabīran fakhudh aḥadanā makānahu innā narāka mina l-muḥ'sinīn