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H4616מַ֫עַןma.an

becausePart of speech: Hebrew Preposition OR Conjunction

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Occurrences by book

  1. 7
  2. 16
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 48
  6. 8
  7. 2
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 2
  10. 1
  11. 16
  12. 9
  13. 1
  14. 9
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 3
  19. 32
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 28
  24. 24
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 37
  27. 2
  28. 1
  29. 1
  30. 4
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 2
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 2
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

272 occurrences in 252 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Deuteronomy 12:28

    Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

  2. Deuteronomy 13:18

    And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thy hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as He hath sworn unto thy fathers;

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

  3. Deuteronomy 14:23

    And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which He shall choose to cause His name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear the LOR

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  4. Deuteronomy 14:29

    And the Levite, because 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 the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  5. Deuteronomy 16:3

    Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for in haste didst thou come forth out of the land of Egypt; that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  6. Deuteronomy 16:20

    Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  7. Deuteronomy 17:16

    Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses; forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you: 'Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.'

    לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  8. Deuteronomy 17:19

    And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  9. Deuteronomy 17:20

    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; to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

  10. Deuteronomy 20:18

    that they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods, and so ye sin against the LORD your God.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  11. Deuteronomy 22:7

    thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  12. Deuteronomy 23:21

    Unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon interest; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon interest; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thy hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

    לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  13. Deuteronomy 24:19

    When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go back to fetch it; it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

    לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  14. Deuteronomy 25:15

    A perfect and just weight shalt thou have; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  15. Deuteronomy 27:3

    And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee.

    לְמַ֡עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  16. Deuteronomy 29:5

    Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  17. Deuteronomy 29:8

    Observe therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may make all that ye do to prosper.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  18. Deuteronomy 29:12

    that He may establish thee this day unto Himself for a people, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He spoke unto thee, and as He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  19. Deuteronomy 29:18

    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--that the watered be swept away with the dry';

    לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  20. Deuteronomy 30:6

    And the LORD thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

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

  21. Deuteronomy 30:19

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  22. Deuteronomy 31:12

    Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law;

    לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”וּלְמַ֣עַן (לְמַ֣עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”

  23. Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it 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”

  24. Joshua 1:7

    Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses My servant commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  25. Joshua 1:8

    This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein; for then thou shalt make thy ways prosperous, and then thou shalt have good su

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”