Leviticus 20:3:14Lev.20.3.W14PAT
לְמַ֗עַן
lemaan
“in order to”
- Transliteration
- le-MA-an
- Extended
- leh-MA-an
- IPA
- /ləˈmaʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- in order to
- French
- afin de
- Spanish
- para
- Portuguese
- para
- German
- um
- Russian
- чтобы
- Arabic-Simplified
- لكي
- Hindi
- ताकि
- Chinese-Simplified
- 为了
- Korean
- 위하여
- Indonesian
- untuk
- Bengali
- যেন
- Tagalog
- upang
- Swahili
- ili
- Amharic
- ዘንድ
- Yoruba
- látàrí
- Igbo
- iji
- Twi
- sɛ
- 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
KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
- sentence
va-a-NI e-TEN et-pa-NAI ba-ISH ha-HU ve-hikh-ra-TEE o-TO mi-KE-REV am-MO KI miz-zar-O na-TAN la-MO-lekh le-MA-an ta-ME et-mik-da-SHI u-le-kha-LEL et-SHEM kad-SHI
In context — Leviticus 20:3
But I will set my face the man that and will cut off him from the midst his people because from his offspring has given to Molech in order to make unclean my sanctuary and to profane name my holiness
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:3:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 20:3, 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 Lev.20.3.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.3.W14.S1) and character.