H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

Their saviour is strong; the Lord of armies is his name: he will certainly take up their cause, so that he may give rest to the earth and trouble to the people of Babylon.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

In all your living-places the towns will become broken walls, and the high places made waste; so that your altars may be broken down and made waste, and your images broken and ended, and so that your sun-images may be cut down and your works rubbed out.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

So that they may be guided by my rules and keep my orders and do them: and they will be to me a people, and I will be to them a God.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

But a small number of them I will keep from the sword, from the need of food, and from disease, so that they may make clear all their disgusting ways among the nations where they come; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And say to the people of the land, This is what the Lord has said about the people of Jerusalem and the land of Israel: They will take their food with care and their drink with wonder, so that all the wealth of their land may be taken from it because of

לְמַ֜עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

So as to take the children of Israel in the thoughts of their hearts, because they have become strange to me through their false gods.

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

So that the children of Israel may no longer go wandering away from me, or make themselves unclean with all their wrongdoing; but they will be my people, and I will be their God, says the Lord.

לְ֠מַעַן Le.ma.'an “so that”

So that you will be shamed and made low because of all you have done, when I have mercy on you.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that, at the memory of these things, you may be at a loss, never opening your mouth because of your shame; when you have my forgiveness for all you have done, says the Lord.

לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

They made him a prisoner with hooks, and took him to the king of Babylon; they put him in the strong place so that his voice might be sounding no longer on the mountains of Israel.

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean before the eyes of the nations among whom they were, and before whose eyes I gave them knowledge of myself, by taking them out of the land of Egypt.

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

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

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

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.

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

I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

And you will be certain that I am the Lord, when I take you in hand for the honour of my name, and not for your evil ways or your unclean doings, O children of Israel, says the Lord.

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

It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”לְמַעַן־ le.ma.'an- “so as”

In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.

לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “so as”

And you, son of man, say as a prophet, This is what the Lord has said about the children of Ammon and about their shame: Say, A sword, even a sword let loose, polished for death, to make it shining so that it may be like a flame:

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”

See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

And she made the memory of the loose ways of her early years come back to mind, when her young breasts were crushed by the Egyptians.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”