לְמַ֗עַן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְמַ֗עַן

   le-MA-an

   so that
2. clause🔊 לְמַ֗עַן הָבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר עָלָֽיו׃

   le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV

   so that LORD bring upon Abraham that he spoke concerning him
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַעַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְשָֽׁמְרוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת צְדָקָ֖ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט לְמַ֗עַן הָבִ֤יא יְהוָה֙ עַל־אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֖ר עָלָֽיו׃

   KI ye-da-TIV le-ma-AN a-SHER ye-tsav-VE et-ba-NAV ve-et-bei-TO a-kha-RAV ve-sham-RU DE-rekh Ye-ho-VAH la-a-SOT tse-da-KA u-mish-PAT le-MA-an ha-VI Ye-ho-VAH al-av-ra-HAM ET a-sher-di-BER a-LAV

   for I have known him so that that he will command his sons and his household after him keep the way of LORD to do righteousness and justice so that LORD bring upon Abraham that he spoke concerning him

Exegesis

A purpose clause starts with lema‘an {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} and is specified by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer}, leading into the Piel imperfect yetsavveh {יְצַוֶּה | yəṣawweh} “he may command,” which takes the coordinated direct objects banav ve’et beito {בָּנָיו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ | bānāyw wə ʾeṯ bêṯô} “his sons and his household” and the prepositional modifier acharav {אַחֲרָיו | ʾaḥărāyw}.

A second purpose clause introduced by a repeated lema‘an {לְמַעַן | ləmaʿan} focuses on divine action, with the Hiphil infinitive construct havi {הָבִיא | hāḇîʾ} “to bring” and its goal al Avraham {עַל־אַבְרָהָם | ʿal ʾaḇrāhām}, while the relative clause with asher dibber alav {אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר עָלָיו | ʾăšer dibbēr ʿālâyw} “that He spoke concerning him” identifies the content of the promise. The English rendering preserves the Hebrew clause order of reason–purpose chains and shifts verb–subject order for natural flow, maintaining the link between Abraham’s household obedience and the fulfillment of divine promise.