H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thy inheritance.

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

Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all.

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

Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

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

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may draw milk, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

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

But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well to you.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

For thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them that they may find it so.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so as”

O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

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

Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

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

Yet ye have not hearkened to me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.

לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy to you.

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both that which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink-offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye are strangers.

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so as”

In that ye provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye are gone to dwell, that ye may cut yourselves off, and that ye may be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”וּלְמַ֤עַן (לְמַ֤עַן) le.Ma.'an “so as”

And this shall be a sign to you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”