Deuteronomy 16:20:4Deut.16.20.W4TAB
לְמַ֤עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- so 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
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an tikh-YE
- clause
le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
tse-DEK tse-DEK tir-DOF le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lema‘an {לְמַעַן | lə-maʿ-ăn} introduces the result clause with the subsequent qal imperfect tichyeh {תִּֽחְיֶה | ti-ḥyē} ‘you may live’.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:20
Pursue justice, justice, so that you may live and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:20:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:20, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֤עַן (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 Deut.16.20.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.20.W4.S1) and character.