لَوْلَايَنْهَىٰهُمُٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَوَٱلْأَحْبَارُعَنقَوْلِهِمُٱلْإِثْمَوَأَكْلِهِمُٱلسُّحْتَلَبِئْسَمَاكَانُوا۟يَصْنَعُونَ
Reference 5:63Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1Quran 5:63:12
كَانُوا۟
Forms
Computed · derived from the Uthmani text- Uthmani (as written)
- كَانُوا۟ Quranic text
- Simple
- كَانُوا
- Without tashkeel
- كانوا
- Normalised (searchable)
- كانوا
Position
Computed- Surah
- 5 · The Table
- Verse
- 5:63
- Word in verse
- 12
- Token id
quran:tanzil-uthmani:5:63:12
Morphology
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)- Gloss
- they used to
- Transliteration
- kānū
- Root
- ك و نk-w-n
- Lemma
- كانَ
- Part of speech
- Verb (V)
- Features
- tense: PERFperson: 3gender: Mnumber: pluralverb_form: 1family: كَان
Sub-word segments
- كَانُstem · V · ك و ن
- وا۟suffix · PRON
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 1.1The Table 5:63Quranic text
How translators rendered it
Translation · 4 editionsThese translations render verse 5:63 — 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 →
Why do the rabbis and the priests not prevent them from speaking sinfully and from consuming forbidden wealth? Evil is what they have been doingWhy do not the rabbis and the priests forbid their evil-speaking and their devouring of illicit gain? Verily evil is their handiworkHad not their doctors and teachers forbidden their uttering wickedness, and their eating unlawful food, bad indeed would have been their doingsThe masters and their doctors prohibit them from speaking sin and eating unlawful things, - evil is what they have performedSame form · 210 occurrences
ComputedThis exact written form كَانُوا۟ appears 210 times in the corpus.
- كَانُوا۟2:10:11
- كَانُوا۟2:16:10
- كَانُوا۟2:59:17
- كَانُوا۟2:61:47
- كَانُوا۟2:102:73
- كَانُوا۟2:103:11
- كَانُوا۟2:113:29
- كَانُوا۟2:134:14
- كَانُوا۟2:140:9
- كَانُوا۟2:141:14
- كَانُوا۟2:142:10
- كَانُوا۟3:24:14
Root ك و ن · 1390 occurrences
Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)The root ك و ن occurs 1390 times across 121 distinct forms.
- كَانُوا۟2:10:11
- كَانُوا۟2:16:10
- كُنتُمْ2:23:2
- كُنتُمْ2:23:19
- وَكُنتُمْ2:28:4
- كُنتُمْ2:31:14
- كُنتُمْ2:33:21
- وَكَانَ2:34:11
- فَتَكُونَا2:35:16
- كَانَا2:36:6
- تَكُونُوٓا۟2:41:8
- كَانُوٓا۟2:57:16
Cited by 0 investigations
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