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.

21:82

وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعْمَلُونَ عَمَلًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَكُنَّا لَهُمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

38:37

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.