כמו

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)

  1. 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. — Like 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, [and] 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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