H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

that this may be a sign among you, that, when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye may fear Jehovah your God for ever.

לְ֠מַעַן Le.ma.'an “so as”לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

For it was of Jehovah to harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might utterly destroy them, that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Jehovah to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as beforetime knew nothing thereof:

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

and keep the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [supplied: and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

That Jehovah may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake;

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

hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

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

Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”וּלְמַ֥עַן (לְמַ֥עַן) le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

(but he shall have one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel);

לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”וּלְמַ֙עַן֙ (לְמַ֙עַן֙) le.Ma.'an “for [the] sake of”

Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes;

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

And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”

So the king hearkened not unto the people; for it was a thing brought about of Jehovah, that he might establish his word, which Jehovah spake by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

לְמַ֜עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Nevertheless for David's sake did Jehovah his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem;

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

Howbeit Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp for his children alway.

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

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice [supplied: to do] to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”