Exodus 11:9:7Exod.11.9.W7PAT
לְמַ֛עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-ahn
- IPA
- /ləˈma.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
- 하도록
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲሆን
- Yoruba
- ki
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- na
- 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 re-VOT mof-TAI be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHEH lo-yish-MA a-lei-KHEM par-O le-MA-an re-VOT mof-TAI be-E-rets mits-RA-yim
In context — Exodus 11:9
and he said LORD to Moses he will not listen to you Pharaoh so that to multiply my wonders in the land of Egypt
About this coordinate
Exodus 11:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 11:9, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֛עַן (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.11.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.11.9.W7.S1) and character.