Deuteronomy 5:16:8Deut.5.16.W8PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-an
- IPA
- /lɛmaˈʕan/
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
- 为要
- 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 ya-a-ri-KHUN ya-ME-kha
- clause
le-MA-an ya-a-ri-KHUN ya-ME-kha u-le-MA-an yi-TAV LAKH AL ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
ka-BED ET-a-VI-kha ve-ET-im-ME-kha ka-a-SHER tsiV-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha le-MA-an ya-a-ri-KHUN ya-ME-kha u-le-MA-an yi-TAV LAKH AL ha-a-da-MAH a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
In context — Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother as LORD your God commanded so that be prolonged your days and so that be well for you upon the land which the LORD your God giving to you
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Deuteronomy 5:16, 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.5.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.16.W8.S1) and character.