Exodus 1:11:5Exod.1.11.W5PAT
לְמַ֥עַן
lemaan
“in order to”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order to
- French
- afin de
- Spanish
- para
- Portuguese
- para
- German
- damit
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِكَيْ
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为要
- Korean
- 하기 위하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- kí wọ́n lè
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- sɛnea
- 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 an-no-TO
- clause
va-ya-SI-mu a-LAV sa-REI mis-SIM le-MA-an an-no-TO be-siv-lo-TAM
- sentence
va-ya-SI-mu a-LAV sa-REI mis-SIM le-MA-an an-no-TO be-siv-lo-TAM va-YI-ven a-REI mis-ke-NOT le-far-O et-pi-TOM ve-et-ra-am-SES
In context — Exodus 1:11
and they set over him chiefs of forced labor in order to afflict him with their burdens and he built cities of storage for Pharaoh Pithom and Raamses
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 1:11, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֥עַן (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 Exod.1.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.11.W5.S1) and character.