Deuteronomy 12:25:3Deut.12.25.W3PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-an
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- so that
- French
- afin que
- Spanish
- para que
- Portuguese
- para que
- German
- damit
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 使得
- Korean
- 하여
- Indonesian
- agar
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛdeɛ
- Ewe
- sɛ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an yee-TAV le-KHA
- clause
le-MA-an yee-TAV le-KHA oo-leh-vah-NEH-kha a-kha-RE-kha kee-ta-ah-SEH ha-yah-SHAR be-EE-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
LO toh-KHLEH-noo le-MA-an yee-TAV le-KHA oo-leh-vah-NEH-kha a-kha-RE-kha kee-ta-ah-SEH ha-yah-SHAR be-EE-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Deuteronomy 12:25
not eat it so that it may go well with you and with your children after you when you do what is right in the eyes of LORD
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 12:25:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 12:25, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֣עַן (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 Deut.12.25.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.12.25.W3.S1) and character.