Deuteronomy 4:1:11Deut.4.1.W11PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-an
- IPA
- /lə.ˈma.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
- 使得
- Korean
- 위해서
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- na ama
- 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-YU
- clause
le-MA-an tikh-YU u-va-TEM vi-rish-TEM et-ha-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE a-vo-TEI-khem no-TEN la-KHEM
- sentence
veh-ah-TAA yis-ra-EL she-MA el-ha-khu-KIM veh-el-ha-mish-pa-TIM a-SHER a-no-KHI me-la-MED et-KHEM la-a-SOT le-MA-an tikh-YU u-va-TEM vi-rish-TEM et-ha-A-retz a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEE a-vo-TEI-khem no-TEN la-KHEM
In context — Deuteronomy 4:1
and now listen Israel to the statutes and to the judgments that I teaching you to do so that live and enter and inherit the land that LORD the God of your fathers giving to you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 4:1, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֣עַן (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.4.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.1.W11.S1) and character.