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Hebrew
Etymology
From כְּ־ (k'-, “like, as”) + מוֹ (mo, “what”, alteration of מָה). Compare Arabic كَمَا (kamā), Ge'ez ክመ (kəmä).
Pronunciation
Preposition
כְּמוֹ • (k'mó)
- like, as
כמו שאמרתי, אני אוהב לעזור לך.- k'mó she'amárti, aní ohév la'azór l'khá.
k'mó she'amárti, aní ohév la'azór lákh. - As I said, I love to help you.
- Exodus 15:8:
וּבְרוּחַ אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ־נֵד נֹזְלִים קָפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת בְּלֶב־יָם׃- uv'rúakh apékha ne'er'mú máyim nits'vú k'mó-néd noz'lím kaf'ú t'homót b'lév-yám.
- And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.[1]
- גבורות
מִי כָמוֹךָ בַּעַל גְּבוּרוֹת וּמִי דוֹמֶה לָּךְ מֶלֶךְ מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה וּמַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעָה- mí khamókha bá'al g'vurót umí dóme lákh mélekh memít um'khayé umatsmíakh y'shu'á
- Who is like You, O Master of mighty deeds, and who is comparable to You, O King Who causes death and restores life and makes salvation sprout!
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