Genesis 37:22:13Gen.37.22.W13PAT
לְמַ֗עַן
lemaan
“so that”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-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
- 为要
- Korean
- 그리하여
- Indonesian
- supaya
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- እንዲሆን
- Yoruba
- ki
- Igbo
- ka
- Twi
- na
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 ha-TSIL o-TO mi-ya-DAM la-ha-shi-VO el-a-VIV
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM re-u-VEN al-ti-she-pe-khu-DAM ha-she-LI-khu o-TO el-hab-BOR haz-ZEH a-SHER ba-mi-de-BAR ve-YAD al-ti-she-le-khu-VO le-MA-an ha-TSIL o-TO mi-ya-DAM la-ha-shi-VO el-a-VIV
In context — Genesis 37:22
and he said to them Reuben do not shed blood throw him to the pit this which in the wilderness and hand do not lay on him so that to rescue him from their hand to return him to his father
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:22:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Genesis 37:22, so the Hebrew word לְמַ֗עַן (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.37.22.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.22.W13.S1) and character.