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ke.mo marks a comparison, setting persons, events, or things alongside a stated standard or counterpart.
As a preposition, it marks comparison or correspondence: people may be set alongside one another, and events or objects may be measured against another instance. The supplied clauses use it both in affirmations of likeness and in statements that deny any comparable person, act, or thing.
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Preposition marking comparison or correspondence · dominant
The supplied form is tagged as a Preposition throughout. In 1 Kings 22:4, paired comparisons place the king, people, and horses alongside their counterparts; in Exodus 15:5 the APB renders a descent into the depths “like a stone.” It also occurs in claims that no comparison can be found, as 1 Chronicles 17:20 says that there is none like the LORD, and in Genesis 41:39 the APB says that no one is discerning and wise like Joseph.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the comparison with “like,” “as,” “such as,” or “none like.” Because it is a whole-verse translation, individual English phrasing cannot always be assigned to the preposition alone.