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