Job 19:29:7Job.19.29.W7TAB
לְמַ֖עַן
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order that
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- clause
le-MA-an te-de-UN sha-DIN sha-DUN
- sentence
GU-ru la-KHEM mi-pe-NE-KHE-rev KI-KHE-ma a-vo-NOT KHA-rev le-MA-an te-de-UN sha-DIN sha-DUN
Exegesis
The final purpose clause lemaan {לְמַ֖עַן | ləmaʿan} ‘so that’ introduces tedeun {תֵּדְע֣וּן | tēdəʿûn} ‘you may know,’ making the warning didactic.
In context — Job 19:29
Be afraid for yourselves because of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know judgment.
About this coordinate
Job 19:29:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Job 19:29, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֖עַן (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 Job.19.29.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.29.W7.S1) and character.