H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.

לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that this may be a sign among you; when your children say to you in time to come, What is the reason for these stones?

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the hand of the Lord is strong; and that they may go in fear of the Lord your God for ever.

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

For the Lord made them strong in heart to go to war against Israel, so that he might give them up to the curse without mercy, and that destruction might come on them, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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

In order to put Israel to the test, and see if they will keep the way of the Lord, walking in it as their fathers did, or not.

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Only because of the generations of the children of Israel, for the purpose of teaching them war--only those who up till then had no experience of it;

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Eliab, his oldest brother, hearing what David said to the men, was moved to wrath against David, and said, Why have you come here? Into whose care have you given that little flock of sheep in the waste land? I have knowledge of your pride and the evi

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Then Jonadab said to him, Go to your bed, and let it seem that you are ill: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread, and get the food ready before my eyes, so that I may see it and take it from her ha

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel; when he comes from a far country because of the glory of your name:

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

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up i

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

I will not do it in your life-time, because of your father David, but I will take it from your son.

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

Still I will not take all the kingdom from him; but I will give one tribe to your son, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town of my selection.

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

(But one tribe will be his, because of my servant David, and because of Jerusalem, the town which, out of all the tribes of Israel, I have made mine,)

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

But I will not take the kingdom from him; I will let him be king all the days of his life, because of David my servant, in whom I took delight because he kept my orders and my laws.

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

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”

So the king did not give ear to the people; and this came about by the purpose of the Lord, so that what he had said by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam, son of Nebat, might be effected.

לְמַ֜עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

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

But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to whom he had given his word that he would have a light for ever.

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

Now send for all the prophets of Baal and all his servants and all his priests, to come to me; let no one keep away: for I have a great offering to make to Baal; anyone who is not present, will be put to death. This Jehu did with deceit, his purpose bein

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”