Exodus 4:5:1Exod.4.5.W1PAT
לְמַ֣עַן
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
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为的是
- Korean
- 하도록
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- Yoruba
- ki
- 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 ya-a-MI-nu
- clause
le-MA-an ya-a-MI-nu ki-nir-A e-LE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TAM
- sentence
le-MA-an ya-a-MI-nu ki-nir-A e-LE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE a-vo-TAM e-lo-HE av-ra-HAM e-lo-HE yits-KHAK ve-lo-HE ya-a-KOV
In context — Exodus 4:5
so that they may believe that appeared to you LORD the God of their fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob
About this coordinate
Exodus 4:5:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 4:5, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֣עַן (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.4.5.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.4.5.W1.S1) and character.