Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H4616מַ֫עַןma.an
becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction
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272 occurrences in 252 verses
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Take heed to hear all these words which I command thee, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest what is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
And thou shalt not let anything cleave to thy hand of the devoted thing; that Jehovah may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he will choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God continually.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
and the Levite -- for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee -- and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou doest.
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread along with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste, -- that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor lead back the people to Egypt, to multiply horses; for Jehovah hath said unto you, Ye shall not return again any more that way.
לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left; that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.
לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”
that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, so that ye sin against Jehovah your God.
לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
thou shalt in any case let the dam go, and thou mayest take the young to thee, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
of a foreigner thou mayest take interest, but of thy brother thou shalt not take interest; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the business of thy hand in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and forgettest a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not return to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.
לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just ephah shalt thou have; that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou goest over that thou mayest enter into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah the God of thy fathers hath promised thee.
לְמַ֡עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”
Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
that he may establish thee this day for a people unto himself, and [supplied: that] he may be to thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.
לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”
And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”
I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Gather the people together, the men, and the women, and the children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear Jehovah your God, and take heed to do all the words of this law;
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”וּלְמַ֣עַן (לְמַ֣עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”
And now, write ye this song, and teach it to the children of Israel; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
Only be strong and very courageous, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded thee. Turn not from it to the right or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”
This book of the law shall not depart from thy mouth; and thou shalt meditate upon it day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein; for then shalt thou have good success in thy ways, and then shalt thou prosper.
לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”