وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
Quran glossary · draft
غوص
dive
Descend beneath a surface into a hidden depth as a directed activity.
Lexical scope
Scope: semantic unit · Occurrences: 2
Roots: غوص
Lemmas: يغوص · غواص
Forms: يَغُوصُ · غَوَّاصٍ
Occurrence examples (2 of 2)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 2.
وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ
Where other meanings fail
work
21:82
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَٰفِظِينَ
Alternative: some work for him and perform work besides that
Research rendering: some dive for him and perform work besides that
The phrase دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ marks the following work as additional to a specifically identified diving task.
builder
38:37
وَٱلشَّيَٰطِينَ كُلَّ بَنَّآءٍ وَغَوَّاصٍ
Alternative: every builder and builder
Research rendering: every builder and diver
The coordinated nouns enumerate distinct specialist roles, so identity substitution turns the list into an unexplained duplicate.