לְמַ֗עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֗עַן

   le-MA-an

   so that
2. clause🔊 יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת לְמַ֗עַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹל֛וֹ ע֖וֹד אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   ye-vi-U ba-me-tso-DOT le-MA-an lo-yish-SHA-ma ko-LO OD el-ha-RE yis-ra-EL

   they brought him into strongholds so that not be heard his voice again, still to the mountains of Israel
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֤הוּ בַסּוּגַר֙ בַּֽחַחִ֔ים וַיְבִאֻ֖הוּ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל יְבִאֻ֙הוּ֙ בַּמְּצֹד֔וֹת לְמַ֗עַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹל֛וֹ ע֖וֹד אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-yit-ne-HU va-su-GAR ba-kha-KHIM va-ye-vi-U el-ME-lekh ba-VEL ye-vi-U ba-me-tso-DOT le-MA-an lo-yish-SHA-ma ko-LO OD el-ha-RE yis-ra-EL

   and they put him in the cage with hooks and they brought him to the king of Babylon they brought him into strongholds so that not be heard his voice again, still to the mountains of Israel

Exegesis

The purpose clause lemaʿan lo-yishama kolo od el-harei yisrael {לְמַעַן לֹא־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹל֛וֹ ע֖וֹד אֶל־הָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | lə-maʿan lōʾ-yiššāmaʿ qōlô ʿōḏ ʾel-hārê yiśrāʾēl} ‘so that his voice would no longer be heard on the mountains of Israel’ uses the negative particle lo with the Nifal imperfect to express irrevocable silencing. The construct chain hārê yiśrāʾēl ‘mountains of Israel’ fuses geography with national identity. The translation preserves the Hebrew paratactic structure and maintains the thematic emphasis on complete defeat.