Deuteronomy 29:13:1Deut.29.13.W1PATWLC Deuteronomy 29:12

לְמַעַן

lemaan

in order that

Transliteration
le-MA-an
Extended
leh-MAH-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
하여
Indonesian
supaya
Bengali
যেন
Tagalog
upang
Swahili
ili
Amharic
እንዲ
Yoruba
ki
Igbo
ka
Twi
Ewe
be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ + עַן
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. sentence

    le-MA-an ha-KIM-oht-KHA ha-YOM LO le-AM veh-HOO yih-YEH-le-KHA leh-eh-lo-HIM ka-a-SHER di-BER-lakh veh-ka-a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha le-av-ra-HAM le-yits-KHAK oo-le-ya-a-KOV

In contextDeuteronomy 29:13

in order that and he establish you today to him as a people will be to you as God as he spoke to you and as he swore to your fathers to Abraham to Isaac and to Jacob

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 29:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 29:13, so the Hebrew word לְמַעַן (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.29.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.29.13.W1.S1) and character.