Deuteronomy 5:14:18Deut.5.14.W18PAT
לְמַ֗עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləməˈʕaːn/
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
- 그리하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲሁ ነገር
- Yoruba
- ki
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛ
- Ewe
- ale
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
- clause
LO ta-a-SE khol-me-la-KHA a-TA oo-vin-KHA-oo-bit-TE-kha veh-avd-KHA-va-a-ma-TE-kha veh-shor-KHA vah-kha-MOR-KHA veh-khol-be-hem-TE-kha veh-GER-KHA a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha le-MA-an ya-NU-akh avd-KHA va-a-mat-KHA ka-MO-kha
- sentence
veh-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO ta-a-SE khol-me-la-KHA a-TA oo-vin-KHA-oo-bit-TE-kha veh-avd-KHA-va-a-ma-TE-kha veh-shor-KHA vah-kha-MOR-KHA veh-khol-be-hem-TE-kha veh-GER-KHA a-SHER bish-a-RE-kha le-MA-an ya-NU-akh avd-KHA va-a-mat-KHA ka-MO-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 5:14
the seventh and day Sabbath to the LORD your God you not do all work and your son and your daughter and your male servant and your female servant and your ox and your donkey and all your livestock and your sojourner who in your gates so that rest your male servant and your female servant like you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:14:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Deuteronomy 5:14, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֗עַן (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.5.14.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.14.W18.S1) and character.