Proverbs 15:24:5Prov.15.24.W5TAB
לְמַ֥עַן
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ah n
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
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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Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an SUR
- clause
le-MA-an SUR mi-she-OL MA-ta
- sentence
O-rakh kha-YIM le-ma-LA le-mas-KIL le-MA-an SUR mi-she-OL MA-ta
Exegesis
The purpose clause le-maʿan sûr {לְמַעַן סוּר | lə-maʿan sûr} ‘in order that he may turn aside’ connects to the spatial phrase mi-šôʾōl maṭṭāh {מִשְּׁא֥וֹל מָֽטָּה | mî-šô-ʾōl maṭ-ṭāh} ‘from Sheol downward’, creating a vertical contrast between ascent and descent that the translation preserves through syntactic order and imagery.
In context — Proverbs 15:24
The path of life leads upward for the discerning , in order that he may turn aside from Sheol below.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 15:24, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֥עַן (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 Prov.15.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.24.W5.S1) and character.