לְמַ֖עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֖עַן

   le-MA-an

   in order that
2. clause🔊 וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ כִּ֤י מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הִ֔יא לְמַ֖עַן תִּתָּ֣ם בְּיָ֑ד

   ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD

   and did not listen Amaziah for from God it was in order that he might give them into the hand of
3. sentence🔊 וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע אֲמַצְיָ֔הוּ כִּ֤י מֵהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ הִ֔יא לְמַ֖עַן תִּתָּ֣ם בְּיָ֑ד כִּ֣י דָֽרְשׁ֔וּ אֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֱדֽוֹם׃

   ve-LO-SHA-MA a-mats-ya-HU KI me-ha-e-lo-HIM HI le-MA-an ti-TAM be-YAD KI da-re-SHU ET e-lo-HE e-DOM

   and did not listen Amaziah for from God it was in order that he might give them into the hand of because they had sought the gods of Edom

Exegesis

The purpose phrase lemaʿan tittam {לְמַעַן תִּתָּם | lə-maʿ-an tit-tām} ‘in order that he may deliver them’ highlights intentional divine judgment, while the idiom beyad {בְּיָד | bə-yāḏ} ‘into the hand’ signals defeat.