Deuteronomy 13:17:5Deut.13.17.W5PATWLC Deuteronomy 13:18

לְמַ֣עַן

lemaan

so that

Transliteration
le-MA-an
Extended
leh-MAA-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
以便
Korean
하도록
Indonesian
supaya
Bengali
যাতে
Tagalog
upang
Swahili
ili
Amharic
እንዲ
Yoruba
ki
Igbo
ka
Twi
Ewe
be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ֣ + עַן
le + ma + an
lemaan

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MA-an

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-MA-an ya-SHOOV Ye-ho-VAH

  3. clause

    veh-loh-yid-BAK beh-YAHD-kha meh-oo-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHOOV Ye-ho-VAH meh-kha-RON A-po ve-na-TAN le-kha ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha

  4. sentence

    veh-loh-yid-BAK beh-YAHD-kha meh-oo-MAH min-ha-KHE-rem le-MA-an ya-SHOOV Ye-ho-VAH meh-kha-RON A-po ve-na-TAN le-kha ra-kha-MIM ve-ri-KHAM-kha ve-hir-BEKH-kha ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha

In contextDeuteronomy 13:17

shall not stick in your hand anything from the devoted thing so that the LORD may turn back from the fierceness his anger give you mercy have compassion on you multiply you as he swore to your fathers

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 13:17, 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.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.13.17.W5.S1) and character.