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Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 12:19:15

بِمَا

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text
Uthmani (as written)
بِمَا Quranic text
Simple
بِمَا
Without tashkeel
بما
Normalised (searchable)
بما

Position

Computed
Surah
12 · Joseph
Verse
12:19
Word in verse
15
Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:12:19:15

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)
Gloss
of what
Transliteration
bimā
Root
none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma
ما
Part of speech
Relative pronoun (REL)
Features
—

Sub-word segments

  1. بِprefix · P
  2. مَاstem · REL

Morphology is an external annotation from the Leeds Quranic Arabic Corpus, licensed GPL-2.0-or-later. It is not Quranic text and never alters the token.

In context

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 12:19 — the whole verse this word appears in — not this word alone. The correspondence is verse-level: no word-level alignment of translations exists for these editions, so we do not claim which English word renders this Arabic word. Compare the editions →

A caravan passed by, and they sent their water-carrier. He lowered his bucket, and said, “Good news. Here is a boy.” And they hid him as merchandise. But God was aware of what they did
Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
And there came a caravan, and they sent their waterdrawer. He let down his pail (into the pit). He said: Good luck! Here is a youth. And they hid him as a treasure, and Allah was Aware of what they did
Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain
And wayfarers came and sent their drawer of water, and he let down his bucket. "Good news!" said he, "This is a youth!" And they kept his case secret, to make merchandise of him. But God knew what they did
Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain
And travellers came and sent their water-drawer; and he let down his bucket. Said he, 'O glad tidings! this is a youth.' And they kept him secret, as a chattel; but God knew what they were doing
Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 253 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form بِمَا appears 253 times in the corpus.

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Cited by 0 investigations

Community

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