H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

then will I set it empty upon the coals thereof, that it may be hot, and the bottom thereof may burn, and that the impurity of it may be molten in it, that the filth of it may be consumed

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

together with the children of Ammon, unto the children of the east, and I will give them for a possession, that the children of Ammon may not be remembered among the nations;

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

then will I bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, to the people of old time, and will make thee to dwell in the nether parts of the earth, like the places that are desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabi

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

to the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves in their stature, neither set their top among the thick boughs, nor that their mighty ones stand up in their height, even all that drink water; for they are all delivered unto death, to

לְמַ֡עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: Surely in the fire of My jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the nations, and against all Edom, that have appointed My land unto themselves for a possession with the joy of all their heart, with disdain of sou

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

Therefore say unto the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord GOD: I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye came.

לְמַעַנְכֶ֛ם (לְמַעַנְ) le.ma.'an. “for sake”

And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

Not for your sake do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you; be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

לְמַעַנְכֶ֣ם (לְמַעַנְ) le.ma.'an. “for sake”

and thou shalt come up against My people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the end of days, and I will bring thee against My land, that the nations may know Me, when I shall be sanctified through thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so as”

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying them, that they may cleanse the land.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And the man said unto me: 'Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thy heart upon all that I shall show thee, for to the intent that I might show them unto thee art thou brought thither; declare all that thou seest to the ho

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance, to thrust them wrongfully out of their possession; he shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession; that My people be not scattered every man from his possession.'

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

Now therefore, O our God, hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause Thy face to shine upon Thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

O Lord, hear, O Lord, forgive, O Lord, attend and do, defer not; for Thine own sake, O my God, because Thy name is called upon Thy city and Thy people.'

לְמַֽעֲנְךָ֣ (לְמַֽעֲנְ) le.ma.'an. “for own sake”

They have set up kings, but not from Me, they have made princes, and I knew it not; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the sons of Jevanim, that ye might remove them far from their border;

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the humble; and a man and his father go unto the same maid, to profane My holy name;

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations, upon whom My name is called, saith the LORD that doeth this.

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of the LORD.

לְמַ֕עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee an astonishment, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of My people.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so as”

And the LORD answered me, and said: 'Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that a man may read it swiftly.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy venom thereto, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”