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H4616מַ֫עַןma.an
becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction
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272 occurrences in 252 verses
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Take note of all these orders I am giving you and give attention to them, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you for ever, while you do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
Keep not a thing of what is cursed for yourselves: so the Lord may be turned away from the heat of his wrath, and have mercy on you, and give you increase as he said in his oath to your fathers:
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the f
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And the Levite, because he has no part or heritage in the land, and the man from a strange country, and the child who has no father, and the widow, who are living among you, will come and take food and have enough; and so the blessing of the Lord your Go
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Take no leavened bread with it; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread, that is, the bread of sorrow; for you came out of the land of Egypt quickly: so the memory of that day, when you came out of the land of Egypt, will be with you all your li
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.
לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
And it is to be with him for his reading all the days of his life, so that he may be trained in the fear of the Lord his God to keep and do all the words of this teaching and these laws:
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
So that you may not take them as your example and do all the disgusting things which they do in the worship of their gods, so sinning against the Lord your God.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
From men of other nations you may take interest, but not from an Israelite: so that the blessing of the Lord your God may be on everything to which you put your hand, in the land which you are about to take as your heritage.
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
When you get in the grain from your field, if some of the grain has been dropped by chance in the field, do not go back and get it, but let it be for the man from a strange land, the child without a father, and the widow: so that the blessing of the Lord
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.
לְמַ֡עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
You have had no bread, or wine, or strong drink: so that you might see that I am the Lord your God.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
So keep the words of this agreement and do them, so that it may be well for you in everything you do.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
And so that he may make you his people today, and be your God, as he has said to you, and as he made an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:
לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”
Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Make all the people come together, men and women and children, and anyone from another country who is with you, so that hearing they may become wise in the fear of the Lord your God, and take care to do all the words of this law;
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”וּלְמַ֣עַן (לְמַ֣עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”
Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Only take heart and be very strong; take care to do all the law which Moses my servant gave you, not turning from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may do well in all your undertakings.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Let this book of the law be ever on your lips and in your thoughts day and night, so that you may keep with care everything in it; then a blessing will be on all your way, and you will do well.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”