Deuteronomy 16:3:14Deut.16.3.W14TAB
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-an
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
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 tiz-KOR
- clause
KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
- sentence
LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
Exegesis
The purpose clause lemaʿan {לְמַעַן | lə·ma·ʿan} governs tizkor {תִּזְכֹּר | ti·zkōr} ‘you will remember’, with et-yom {אֶת־יוֹם | ʾet-yōm} as direct object ‘the day’.
In context — Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction . For in haste you went out from the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 16:3, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֣עַן (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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.3.W14.S1) and character.