לְמַ֣עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֣עַן

   le-MA-an

   in order that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כָל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ

   le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets

   in order that they may know all the peoples of the earth
3. clause🔊 לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כָל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֗ךָ וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה אֹֽתְךָ֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלָדַ֕עַת כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

   le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti

   in order that they may know all the peoples of the earth {direct object} your name and to fear you as your people Israel and to know that your name is called upon the house this which I have built
4. sentence🔊 וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנָּכְרִ֑י לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כָל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֗ךָ וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה אֹֽתְךָ֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלָדַ֕עַת כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

   ve-a-TA tish-MA min-ha-sha-MA-yim mim-ke-VON shiv-TE-kha ve-a-si-TA ke-KHOL a-sher-yik-RA e-LE-kha ha-nokh-RI le-MA-an ye-de-U khol-am-ME ha-A-rets et-she-ME-kha u-le-yir-A ot-KHA ke-am-KHA yis-ra-EL ve-la-DA-at ki-shim-KHA nik-RA al-ha-BA-yit ha-ZE a-SHER ba-NI-ti

   and you you will hear from the heavens from the place of your dwelling and you will do according to all which he will call to you the foreigner in order that they may know all the peoples of the earth {direct object} your name and to fear you as your people Israel and to know that your name is called upon the house this which I have built

Exegesis

Purpose is marked by lemaʿan {לְמַעַן | lə-maʿan} ‘in order that’, followed by a sequence of outcomes: yedau {יֵדְעוּ | yēdəʿū} ‘they may know’ (all the peoples), then two coordinated infinitival goals—u-le-yirah {וּלְיִרְאָה | ū-lə-yirʾāh} ‘and to fear’ and ve-la-daat {וְלָדַעַת | və-lā-daʿaṯ} ‘and to know’—which together express both reverent allegiance and informed recognition.