Deuteronomy 5:29:11Deut.5.29.W11PAT
לְמַ֨עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-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
- 그래서
- Indonesian
- agar
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- ki
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛ
- Ewe
- sɛ
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 yi-TAV la-HEM
- clause
le-MA-an yi-TAV la-HEM ve-liv-NE-hem le-o-LAM
- sentence
mee-yit-TEN ve-ha-YA le-va-VAM ZE la-HEM le-yir-AH o-TI ve-lish-MOR et-KOL-mits-vo-TAI kol-ha-ya-MIM le-MA-an yi-TAV la-HEM ve-liv-NE-hem le-o-LAM
In context — Deuteronomy 5:29
If only their heart would be such for them to fear me to keep all my commandments all the days so that go well for them for their children forever
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 5:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 5:29, 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.5.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.5.29.W11.S1) and character.