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
Ewe
be

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ֨ + עַן
le + ma + an
lemaan

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Memm as in mother
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    le-MA-an

  2. phraseyour reading level

    le-MA-an ha-KIM ET be-rit-O

  3. clause

    le-MA-an ha-KIM ET be-rit-O a-SHER nish-BA la-a-vo-TE-kha ka-YOM ha-ZEH

  4. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.