Genesis 27:25:7Gen.27.25.W7PAT
לְמַ֥עַן
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
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为要
- Korean
- 하도록
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যাতে
- 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
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an te-va-re-khe-KHA
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-GI-sha LI ve-okh-LA mi-TSED be-NI le-MA-an te-va-re-khe-KHA naf-SHI
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-GI-sha LI ve-okh-LA mi-TSED be-NI le-MA-an te-va-re-khe-KHA naf-SHI va-yag-gesh-LO va-yo-KHAL va-ya-VE LO YA-yin va-YESHT
In context — Genesis 27:25
he said bring near to me I may eat from the game of my son so that bless you my soul he brought near to him he ate he brought to him wine he drank
About this coordinate
Genesis 27:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 27:25, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֥עַן (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.27.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.27.25.W7.S1) and character.