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
- 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 yish-me-U
- 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
- 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 context — Deuteronomy 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.