לְמַ֣עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֣עַן

   le-MA-an

   for the sake of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י

   le-MA-an she-MI

   for the sake of my name
3. clause🔊 וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י

   va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI

   and I acted or did for the sake of my name
4. sentence🔊 וָאֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמִ֑י לְבִלְתִּ֗י הֵחֵ֙ל לְעֵינֵ֣י הַגּוֹיִ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר הוֹצֵאתִ֣ים לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃

   va-e-E-SE le-MA-an she-MI le-vil-TI he-KHEL le-e-NE ha-go-YIM a-SHER ho-tse-TIM le-e-NE-hem

   and I acted or did for the sake of my name so as not to it being profaned, or to begin to be profaned in the eyes of the nations which, or whom I brought them out in their eyes

Exegesis

The purpose clause lemaʿan shemi {לְמַעַן שְׁמִי | lə-ma-ʿan še-mî} ‘for the sake of My name’ uses a lamed plus infinitive construct to express motivation.