Deuteronomy 17:19:7Deut.17.19.W7TAB
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-an
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order that
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 yil-MAD
- clause
le-MA-an yil-MAD le-yir-AH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV lish-MOR et-kol-div-REI ha-to-RAH ha-ZOT ve-et-ha-khu-KIM ha-ey-LEH la-a-so-TAM
- sentence
ve-ha-ye-TAH im-MO ve-ka-RA BO kol-ye-MEI khai-YAV le-MA-an yil-MAD le-yir-AH et-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV lish-MOR et-kol-div-REI ha-to-RAH ha-ZOT ve-et-ha-khu-KIM ha-ey-LEH la-a-so-TAM
Exegesis
The infinitive constructs leyrʾah {לְיִרְאָה֙ | lě-yir-’āh} “to fear” and lishmor {לִשְׁמֹר | liš-mōr} “to keep” introduce purpose clauses, bracketed by lemaʿan {לְמַ֣עַן | lě-maʿ-ăn} “so that.”
In context — Deuteronomy 17:19
And it shall remain with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God , to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, and to do them.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:19:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 17:19, 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.17.19.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.19.W7.S1) and character.