Deuteronomy 8:3:11Deut.8.3.W11PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
lemaan
“in order that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAA-an
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
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
- 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 ho-di-A-KHA
- clause
le-MA-an ho-di-A-KHA KI LO al-ha-LE-khem le-vad-DO YIKH-YEH ha-a-DAM KI al-KOL-mo-TSA fi-ye-ho-VAH YIKH-YEH ha-a-DAM
- sentence
va-ye-an-NE-KHA va-yar-i-VE-KHA va-ya-a-KHIL-KHA ET ha-MAN a-SHER lo-ya-DAT-TA ve-LO yad-OON a-vo-TE-KHA le-MA-an ho-di-A-KHA KI LO al-ha-LE-khem le-vad-DO YIKH-YEH ha-a-DAM KI al-KOL-mo-TSA fi-ye-ho-VAH YIKH-YEH ha-a-DAM
In context — Deuteronomy 8:3
humbled you made you hungry fed you the manna which you did not know nor your fathers knew in order that make you know that the man not lives by the bread alone but the man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 8:3:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Deuteronomy 8:3, 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.8.3.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.8.3.W11.S1) and character.