Deuteronomy 17:20:9Deut.17.20.W9PAT
לְמַעַן֩
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ah-n
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
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
- እንዲ
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO
- clause
le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU oo-vah-NAHV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL
- sentence
le-vil-TI ROOM-le-va-VO meh-eh-KHAV oo-le-vil-TI SOOR min-ha-mits-VAH ya-MIN oo-se-MOL le-MA-an ya-a-RIKH ya-MIM al-mam-lakh-TO HU oo-vah-NAHV be-KE-rev yis-ra-EL
In context — Deuteronomy 17:20
in order not to his heart be lifted up above his brothers and in order not to turn aside from the commandment right or left so that prolong days over his kingdom he and his sons among Israel
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:20:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 17:20, so the Hebrew word לְמַעַן֩ (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.17.20.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.20.W9.S1) and character.