Deuteronomy 31:12:9Deut.31.12.W9PAT

לְמַ֨עַן

lemaan

so that

Transliteration
le-MA-an
Extended
leh-MAH-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
Igbo
ka
Twi
Ewe
be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ֨ + 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. phraseyour reading level

    le-MA-an yish-me-U

  3. clause

    le-MA-an yish-me-U u-le-MA-an yil-me-DU ve-ya-re-U ET-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM ve-sham-RU la-a-SOT ET-kol-div-RE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT

  4. sentence

    hak-HEL ET-ha-AM ha-a-na-SHIM ve-ha-na-SHIM ve-ha-TAF ve-ger-KHA a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha le-MA-an yish-me-U u-le-MA-an yil-me-DU ve-ya-re-U ET-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-he-KHEM ve-sham-RU la-a-SOT ET-kol-div-RE ha-to-RA ha-ZOT

In contextDeuteronomy 31:12

assemble the people the men and the women and the little ones and your sojourner who in your gates so that hear and so that learn fear the LORD your God observe to do all the words of the law this

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 31:12:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 31:12, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֨עַן (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.31.12.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.31.12.W9.S1) and character.