Genesis 18:24:11Gen.18.24.W11PAT
לְמַ֛עַן
lemaan
“for the sake of”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MAH-ahn
- IPA
- /lə.ˈma.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the sake of
- French
- à cause de
- Spanish
- por causa de
- Portuguese
- por causa de
- German
- wegen
- Russian
- ради
- Arabic-Simplified
- لأجل
- Hindi
- के कारण
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了
- Korean
- 때문에
- Indonesian
- demi
- Bengali
- কারণে
- Tagalog
- alang-alang sa
- Swahili
- kwa ajili ya
- Amharic
- ስለ
- Yoruba
- nítorí
- Igbo
- n'ihi
- Twi
- ma
- Ewe
- ta
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
ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
- sentence
u-LAI YESH kha-mi-SHIM tsa-di-KIM be-TOKH ha-IR ha-AF tis-PEH ve-LO-ti-SA la-ma-KOM le-MA-an kha-mi-SHIM ha-tsa-di-KIM a-SHER be-kir-BAH
In context — Genesis 18:24
perhaps fifty righteous ones within the city there are indeed will you sweep away and not spare the place for the sake of fifty the righteous ones who are in it
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:24, 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 Gen.18.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.24.W11.S1) and character.