Exodus 11:7:9Exod.11.7.W9PAT

לְמַ֙עַן֙

lemaan

so that

Transliteration
le-ma-AN
Extended
leh-mah-AHN
IPA
/lə.maˈʕan/

Meaning by language

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

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לְ + מַ֙ + עַן֙
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

    le-ma-AN ted-UN a-SHER yaf-LEH Ye-ho-VAH BEIN mits-ra-YIM u-VEIN yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    u-le-KHOL be-NEI yis-ra-EL LO ye-khe-rats-KE-lev le-sho-NO le-me-ISH ve-ad-be-he-MA le-ma-AN ted-UN a-SHER yaf-LEH Ye-ho-VAH BEIN mits-ra-YIM u-VEIN yis-ra-EL

In contextExodus 11:7

and to all sons of Israel not a dog will sharpen his tongue from a man and up to a beast so that you may know that distinguishes LORD between Egypt and between Israel

About this coordinate

Exodus 11:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 11:7, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֙עַן֙ (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.11.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.11.7.W9.S1) and character.