Deuteronomy 16:3:14Deut.16.3.W14PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-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
- 为了
- Korean
- 하도록
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንድ
- Yoruba
- ki
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛ
- Ewe
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-MA-an
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an tiz-KOR
- clause
KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-ET-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
- sentence
loh-to-a-KHAL ah-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-khal-a-LAV ma-TSOT LE-khem o-NI KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-ET-KHA me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
In context — Deuteronomy 16:3
you shall not eat on it leavened bread seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread bread of affliction because in haste you went out from the land of Egypt so that you remember the day your going out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 16:3, 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.16.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.3.W14.S1) and character.