Deuteronomy 20:18:1Deut.20.18.W1PAT
לְמַ֗עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- 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
- clause
le-MA-an a-SHER loh-yeh-lahm-meh-DOO et-KHEM la-a-SOT keh-KHOL toh-ah-voh-TAM a-SHER a-SU leh-eh-loh-HEI-hem
- sentence
le-MA-an a-SHER loh-yeh-lahm-meh-DOO et-KHEM la-a-SOT keh-KHOL toh-ah-voh-TAM a-SHER a-SU leh-eh-loh-HEI-hem vah-kha-TAH-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-khem
In context — Deuteronomy 20:18
so that they do not teach you to do according to all their abominations which they did for their gods you sin against the LORD your God
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 20:18, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֗עַן (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.20.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.18.W1.S1) and character.