Deuteronomy 22:7:6Deut.22.7.W6PAT

לְמַ֙עַן֙

lemaan

in order that

Transliteration
le-MA-an
Extended
leh-MA-an
IPA
/ləˈma.ʕan/

Meaning by language

English
in order 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
agar
Bengali
যেন
Tagalog
upang
Swahili
ili
Amharic
እንዲ
Yoruba
ki
Igbo
ka
Twi
Ewe
be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ֙ + עַן֙
le + ma + an
lemaan

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MA-an

  2. clause

    le-MA-an yee-TAV LAKH ve-ha-a-rakh-TA ya-MEEM

  3. sentence

    sha-LE-akh te-sha-LE-akh et-ha-EM ve-ET-ha-ba-NIM ti-KAKH-lakh le-MA-an yee-TAV LAKH ve-ha-a-rakh-TA ya-MEEM

In contextDeuteronomy 22:7

let go let go the mother and the young take for yourself in order that go well for you and lengthen days

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 22:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 22:7, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֙עַן֙ (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.22.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.7.W6.S1) and character.