كَمَا — Quran 7:138:17

Forms

Computed · derived from the Uthmani text

Uthmani (as written): كَمَا Quranic text
Simple: كَمَا
Without tashkeel: كما
Normalised (searchable): كما

Position

Computed

Surah: 7 · The Heights
Verse: 7:138
Word in verse: 17
Token id: quran:tanzil-uthmani:7:138:17

Morphology

Morphology · Leeds QAC (GPL)

Gloss: like what
Transliteration: kamā

Root: none — this word has no triliteral root
Lemma: ما
Part of speech: SUB
Features: —

Sub-word segments

كَprefix · P
مَاstem · SUB

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

The Heights 7:138Quranic text

وَجَٰوَزْنَا بِبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٱلْبَحْرَ فَأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ يَعْكُفُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَصْنَامٍ لَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَى ٱجْعَل لَّنَآ إِلَٰهًا كَمَا لَهُمْ ءَالِهَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

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How translators rendered it

Translation · 4 editions

These translations render verse 7:138 — 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 →

And We delivered the Children of Israel across the sea. And when they came upon a people who were devoted to some statues of theirs, they said, “O Moses, make for us a god, as they have gods.” He said, “You are truly an ignorant people.”

Translation · Talal Itani (2012)CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

And We brought the Children of Israel across the sea, and they came unto a people who were given up to idols which they had. They said: O Moses! Make for us a god even as they have gods. He said: Lo! ye are a folk who know not

Translation · Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)Public Domain

And we brought the children of Israel across the sea, and they came to a people who gave themselves up to their idols. They said, "O Moses! make us a god, as they have gods." He said, "Verily, ye are an ignorant people

Translation · John Medows Rodwell (1861)Public Domain

And with the children of Israel we passed across the sea; and they came unto a people devoted to their idols, and said, 'O Moses! make for us a god as they have gods.' Said he, 'Verily, ye are ignorant people

Translation · Edward Henry Palmer (1880)Public Domain

Same form · 44 occurrences

Computed

This exact written form كَمَا appears 44 times in the corpus.

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