לְמַ֣עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֣עַן

   leh-MA-an

   so that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ

   leh-MA-an ya-NU-akh

   so that may rest
3. clause🔊 לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙ וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃

   leh-MA-an ya-NU-akh shor-KHA va-kha-mo-RE-kha ve-yin-na-FESH ben-a-MAT-kha ve-ha-GER

   so that may rest your ox and your donkey and may be refreshed son of your maidservant and the resident foreigner
4. sentence🔊 שֵׁ֤שֶׁת יָמִים֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וּבַיּ֥וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י תִּשְׁבֹּ֑ת לְמַ֣עַן יָנ֗וּחַ שֽׁוֹרְךָ֙ וַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָ וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃

   SHE-shet ya-MIM ta-a-SE ma-a-SE-kha u-va-YOM hash-she-vi-EE tish-BOT leh-MA-an ya-NU-akh shor-KHA va-kha-mo-RE-kha ve-yin-na-FESH ben-a-MAT-kha ve-ha-GER

   six days shall do your work and on the seventh day shall cease so that may rest your ox and your donkey and may be refreshed son of your maidservant and the resident foreigner

Exegesis

The preposition lemaan {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} “so that” governs a purpose clause specifying beneficiaries: the verbs yanuach {יָנֻחַ | yānûaḥ} “may rest” and veyinafesh {וְיִנָּפֵשׁ | vəyinnāphēš} “may be refreshed” attach to the construct chains shorkha vachamorekha {שׁוֹרְךָ וַחֲמֹרֶךָ | šôrkâ vaḥammōrekâ} “your ox and your donkey” and ben-amatkha vehager {בֶּן־אֲמָתְךָ וְהַגֵּר | ben-ʾămatkâ vəhaggēr} “son of your female-servant and the sojourner.” This syntax links Sabbath cessation to the welfare of animals and dependent humans, with alternating conjunctions and construct phrases reinforcing communal inclusion.