2 Kings 22:17:72 Kgs.22.17.W7TAB
לְמַ֙עַן֙
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahnh
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order that
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- clause
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM
- sentence
TA-khat a-SHER a-za-VU-ni va-ye-kat-REU le-e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM le-MA-an ha-khe-i-SE-ni be-KHOL ma-a-SE ye-de-HEM ve-nits-TA kha-ma-TI ba-ma-KOM ha-ZE ve-LO tikh-BE
Exegesis
The phrase le-elohim acherim {לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים | lēʾĕlōhîm ʾăhêrîm} expresses syncretistic worship, while lemaʿan hakkiʿsēnî {לְמַ֙עַן֙ הַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי | lemăʿăn hakkiʿsēnî} marks purpose “so that they might provoke me.”
In context — 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods to provoke Me by every deed of their hands, My wrath has ignited against this place and will never be extinguished.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 22:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 22:17, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֙עַן֙ (lemaan) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Kgs.22.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.22.17.W7.S1) and character.