Deuteronomy 8:18:12Deut.8.18.W12PAT
לְמַ֨עַן
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /lɛˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order that
- French
- afin que
- Spanish
- para que
- Portuguese
- para que
- German
- damit
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了
- Korean
- 위하여
- Indonesian
- agar
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- ለማን
- Yoruba
- ki
- 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 ha-KIM ET be-rit-O
- clause
le-MA-an ha-KIM ET be-rit-O a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ka-YOM ha-ZEH
- sentence
ve-za-KAR-ta ET Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI HU ha-no-TEN le-KHA KO-akh la-a-SOT KHA-yil le-MA-an ha-KIM ET be-rit-O a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ka-YOM ha-ZEH
In context — Deuteronomy 8:18
and remember LORD your God because he the one giving to you power to obtain wealth in order that to establish his covenant that swore to your fathers as this day
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 8:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 8:18, 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.8.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.8.18.W12.S1) and character.