Deuteronomy 8:2:11Deut.8.2.W11PAT
לְמַ֨עַן
lemaan
“in order to”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ah-n
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order to
- French
- afin de
- Spanish
- para
- Portuguese
- para
- German
- um zu
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为要
- Korean
- 하려고
- Indonesian
- untuk
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- kí
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- na
- Ewe
- beɖe
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 an-OT-kha
- clause
le-MA-an an-OT-kha le-nas-OT-kha la-DA-at ET-a-SHER bil-vaV-kha ha-tish-MOR mits-vo-TAV IM-LO
- sentence
ve-za-kar-TA ET-kol-ha-DE-rekh a-SHER ho-li-kha-KHA ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha ZEH ar-ba-IM sha-NA ba-mid-BAR le-MA-an an-OT-kha le-nas-OT-kha la-DA-at ET-a-SHER bil-vaV-kha ha-tish-MOR mits-vo-TAV IM-LO
In context — Deuteronomy 8:2
remember the whole way which led you LORD your God this forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you test you to know what in your heart keep his commandments or not
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 8:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 8:2, 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.8.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.8.2.W11.S1) and character.