Genesis 12:13:4Gen.12.13.W4PAT
לְמַ֙עַן֙
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-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
- 为使
- Korean
- 그리하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲ
- 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 yi-tav-LI va-a-vu-REKH ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI big-la-LEKH
- sentence
im-ri-NA a-KHO-ti AT le-MA-an yi-tav-LI va-a-vu-REKH ve-kha-ye-TA naf-SHI big-la-LEKH
In context — Genesis 12:13
please say you are my sister so that it may go well for me for your sake may be kept alive my life because of you
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 12:13, 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 Gen.12.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.13.W4.S1) and character.