Deuteronomy 14:23:17Deut.14.23.W17PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-ma-AN
- Extended
- leh-mah-AHN
- 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
- 为了
- Korean
- 그래서
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲህ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a
- Ewe
- ale be
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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Word in context
- word
le-ma-AN
- phraseyour reading level
le-ma-AN til-MAD
- clause
le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
- sentence
ve-a-khal-TA lihf-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ba-ma-KOM a-SHER-yiv-KHAR le-sha-KEN she-MO SHAM ma-a-SAR de-gan-KHA ti-rosh-KHA ve-yits-ha-RE-kha uv-kho-ROT be-kar-KHA ve-tso-NE-kha le-ma-AN til-MAD le-yir-AH et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha kol-ha-ya-MIM
In context — Deuteronomy 14:23
eat the tithe your grain your wine and your oil and firstborn of your herd and your flock before LORD your God in the place that he will choose to make dwell his name there so that learn to fear LORD your God all the days
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:23:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 14:23, 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.14.23.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.23.W17.S1) and character.