Deuteronomy 17:16:7Deut.17.16.W7PAT
לְמַ֖עַן
lemaan
“in order to”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order to
- French
- afin de
- Spanish
- para
- Portuguese
- para
- German
- um
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了
- Korean
- 위하여
- Indonesian
- untuk
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- ለ
- Yoruba
- kí
- 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
- clause
RAK lo-yar-BEH-LO su-SIM ve-LO-ya-SHEEV ET-ha-AM mits-RAI-ma le-MA-an har-BOT SUS
- sentence
RAK lo-yar-BEH-LO su-SIM ve-LO-ya-SHEEV ET-ha-AM mits-RAI-ma le-MA-an har-BOT SUS va-Ye-ho-VAH a-MAR la-KHEM LO to-si-FUN la-SHUV ba-DE-rekh ha-ZEH OD
In context — Deuteronomy 17:16
only must not multiply for himself horses must not bring back the people to Egypt in order to multiply horses LORD said to you not add to return in the way this again
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 17:16, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֖עַן (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.17.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.16.W7.S1) and character.