H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near 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 in your midst. When your children ask hereafter, saying, What mean ye by these stones?

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

that all peoples of the earth might know the hand of Jehovah, that it is mighty; that ye might fear Jehovah your God continually.

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

For it was of Jehovah that their heart was hardened, to meet Israel in battle, that they might be utterly destroyed, and that there might be no favour shewn to them, but that they might be destroyed, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

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

that by them I may test Israel, whether they will take care to walk in the way of the LORD as their fathers did, or not."

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

it was only that the generations of the people of Israel might know war, that he might teach war to such at least as had not known it before.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”

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

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to 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 to him, Lay thee down on thy bed and feign thyself sick; and when thy father comes to see thee, say to him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me food, 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, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, as it 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 confirm his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy sons 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 upon the throne of Israel.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

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

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake

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

hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [ergänzt: and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

that all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that 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; I will rend it out of the hand of thy son;

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

only, I will not rend away all the kingdom: 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 one tribe shall he have 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”

But I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; for 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 always before me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself 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 to the people; for it was brought about by Jehovah, that he might give effect to his word, which Jehovah spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

לְמַ֜עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

But for David's sake Jehovah his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him, and establishing Jerusalem;

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

But Jehovah would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he had promised him to give him always a lamp for his sons.

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

And now call me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests: let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice [ergänzt: to do] to Baal; whoever shall be wanting shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, in order that he might bring destruction upon the servants of Baal.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”