Exodus 10:1:11Exod.10.1.W11PAT

לְמַ֗עַן

lemaan

so that

Transliteration
le-MA-an
Extended
leh-MA-ahn
IPA
/lə.ˈma.ʕan/

Meaning by language

English
so that
French
afin que
Spanish
para que
Portuguese
para que
German
damit
Russian
чтобы
Arabic-Simplified
لِكَيْ
Hindi
ताकि
Chinese-Simplified
为要
Korean
그리하여
Indonesian
supaya
Bengali
যেন
Tagalog
upang
Swahili
ili
Amharic
እንዲሆን ዘንድ
Yoruba
ki
Igbo
ka
Twi
na
Ewe
be

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Result
לְ + מַ֗ + 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. clause

    ki-a-NI hikh-bad-TI et-lib-BO ve-et-LEV a-va-DAV le-MA-an shi-TI o-to-TAI EH-leh be-kir-BO

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE BO el-par-O ki-a-NI hikh-bad-TI et-lib-BO ve-et-LEV a-va-DAV le-MA-an shi-TI o-to-TAI EH-leh be-kir-BO

In contextExodus 10:1

and said LORD to Moses go in to Pharaoh for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants so that I may place my signs these within him

About this coordinate

Exodus 10:1:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 10:1, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֗עַן (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.10.1.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.10.1.W11.S1) and character.