לְמַ֣עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֣עַן

   le-ma-AN

   so that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַ֣עַן תִּלְמַ֗ד

   le-ma-AN til-MAD

   so that you may learn
3. clause🔊 לְמַ֣עַן תִּלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָ֛ה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

   le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM

   so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God all the days
4. sentence🔊 וְאָכַלְתָּ֞ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ בַּמָּק֣וֹם אֲשֶׁר־יִבְחַר֮ לְשַׁכֵּ֣ן שְׁמ֣וֹ שָׁם֒ מַעְשַׂ֤ר דְּגָֽנְךָ֙ תִּֽירֹשְׁךָ֣ וְיִצְהָרֶ֔ךָ וּבְכֹרֹ֥ת בְּקָרְךָ֖ וְצֹאנֶ֑ךָ לְמַ֣עַן תִּלְמַ֗ד לְיִרְאָ֛ה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃

   ve-a-KHAL-ta lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM

   and you shall eat before LORD your God in the place that he will choose to cause to dwell his name there the tithe of your grain of your wine and your oil and the firstborn of your herd and your flock so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God all the days

Exegesis

The purpose clause lema’an tilmad leyirah et-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā {לְמַעַן תִּלְמַד לְיִרְאָה אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | lə-ma-ʿan ṯil-mad lə-yir-ʾā ʾet-yə-hō-wāh ʾĕ-lō-hê-kā} ‘so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God’ employs an infinitive complement to a modal imperfect with the direct-object marker ’et heightening the didactic focus. The English SVO structure preserves the Hebrew’s sequence of obligation, worship locus, offering list, and instructional purpose.