Deuteronomy 30:19:14Deut.30.19.W14PAT
לְמַ֥עַן
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
- 위해
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- 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 tikh-YE
- clause
u-va-KHAR-ta ba-kha-YIM le-MA-an tikh-YE a-TA ve-zar-E-kha
- sentence
ha-i-DO-ti ba-KHEM ha-YOM eht-ha-sha-MA-yim ve-eht-ha-A-retz ha-kha-YIM ve-ha-MA-vet na-ta-TI le-fa-NE-kha ha-be-ra-KHA ve-ha-ke-la-LA u-va-KHAR-ta ba-kha-YIM le-MA-an tikh-YE a-TA ve-zar-E-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 30:19
today I testify the heavens and the earth against you I have set before you life and death the blessing and the curse choose life so that you and your offspring live
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 30:19:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Deuteronomy 30:19, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֥עַן (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.30.19.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.30.19.W14.S1) and character.