Proverbs 16:4:4Prov.16.4.W4TAB
לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ
lammaanehu
“for his purpose or for its end”
- Transliteration
- lam-ma-a-NE-hu
- Extended
- lahm-mah-ah-NEH-hoo
- IPA
- /lam.ma.ʕăneːˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for his purpose or for its end
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lam-ma-a-NE-hu
- clause
KOL pa-AL Ye-ho-VAH lam-ma-a-NE-hu
- sentence
KOL pa-AL Ye-ho-VAH lam-ma-a-NE-hu ve-gam-ra-SHA le-YOM ra-A
Exegesis
The purpose clause lema'anehu {לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ | ləma‛ănêhû} ‘for His purpose’ employs a prefixed lamed plus construct noun and pronominal suffix to specify intentionality.
In context — Proverbs 16:4
The LORD has made everything for His purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 16:4:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 16:4, so the Hebrew word לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ (lammaanehu) 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.16.4.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.16.4.W4.S1) and character.