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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

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272 occurrences in 252 verses

With their references and text in Young's Literal Translation.

  1. Genesis 12:13

    say, I pray thee, thou `art' my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.'

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  2. Genesis 18:19

    for I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.'

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  3. Genesis 18:24

    peradventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty -- the righteous who `are' in its midst?

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

  4. Genesis 27:25

    And he saith, `Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son's provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;' and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  5. Genesis 37:22

    and Reuben saith unto them, `Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which `is' in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,' -- in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  6. Genesis 50:20

    As for you, ye devised against me evil -- God devised it for good, in order to do as `at' this day, to keep alive a numerous people;

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  7. Exodus 1:11

    And they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  8. Exodus 4:5

    `-- so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.'

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  9. Exodus 8:10

    and he saith, `To-morrow.' And he saith, According to thy word `it is', so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  10. Exodus 8:22

    `And I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I `am' Jehovah in the midst of the land,

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  11. Exodus 9:16

    `And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;

    וּלְמַ֛עַן (לְמַ֛עַן) le.Ma.'an “so as”

  12. Exodus 9:29

    And Moses saith unto him, `At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah -- the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth `is' Jehovah's;

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  13. Exodus 10:1

    And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst,

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  14. Exodus 10:2

    and so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

    וּלְמַ֡עַן (לְמַ֡עַן) le.Ma.'an “so that”

  15. Exodus 11:7

    `And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  16. Exodus 11:9

    And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;'

    לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  17. Exodus 13:9

    and it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  18. Exodus 16:4

    And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens -- and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day -- so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;

    לְמַ֧עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  19. Exodus 16:32

    And Moses saith, `This `is' the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.'

    לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  20. Exodus 20:12

    `Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

    לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

  21. Exodus 23:12

    `Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;

    לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  22. Exodus 33:13

    `And now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation `is' Thy people;'

    לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

  23. Leviticus 17:5

    so that the sons of Israel do bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, yea, they have brought them in to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah with them.

    לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

  24. Leviticus 20:3

    and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name.

    לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

  25. Leviticus 23:43

    so that your generations do know that in booths I caused the sons of Israel to dwell; in my bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, `am' your God.'

    לְמַעַן֮ le.ma.'An “so that”