Deuteronomy 27:3:7Deut.27.3.W7PAT
לְמַ֡עַן
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
- 하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- ዘንድ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a
- 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 ta-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-kha no-TEN le-KHA E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-a-vo-TEI-kha LAKH
- sentence
ve-kha-tav-TA a-lei-HEN et-KOL-div-REI ha-to-RAH ha-ZOT be-av-RE-kha le-MA-an a-SHER ta-VO el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE-kha no-TEN le-KHA E-retz za-VAT kha-LAV u-de-VASH ka-a-SHER di-BER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-a-vo-TEI-kha LAKH
In context — Deuteronomy 27:3
write on them all the words of the law this when you cross so that that enter into the land that the LORD your God giving to you a land flowing with milk and honey just as spoke the LORD God of your fathers to you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 27:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 27:3, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֡עַן (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.27.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.27.3.W7.S1) and character.