H4616–מַ֫עַן–ma.an

Their Redeemer `is' strong, Jehovah of Hosts `is' His name, He doth thoroughly plead their cause, So as to cause the land to rest, And He hath given trouble to the inhabitants of Babylon.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so as”

In their heat I make their banquets, And I have caused them to drink, so that they exult, And have slept a sleep age-during, And awake not -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

In all your dwellings the cities are laid waste, And the high places are desolate, So that waste and desolate are your altars, And broken and ceased have your idols, And cut down have been your images, And blotted out have been your works.

לְמַעַן֩ le.ma.'An “so that”

So that in My statutes they walk, And My judgments they keep, and have done them, And they have been to me for a people, And I am to them for God.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

and I have left of them, a few in number, from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence, so that they recount all their abominations among the nations whither they have come, and they have known that I `am' Jehovah.'

לְמַ֨עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

and thou hast said unto the people of the land, Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, concerning the land of Israel: Their bread with fear they do eat, and their water with astonishment drink, because its land is desolate, because of its fulness, because of the violence of all who are dwelling in it.

לְמַ֜עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

in order to catch the house of Israel by their heart, in that they have become estranged from off me by their idols -- all of them.

לְמַ֛עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

so that the house of Israel do not wander any more from after Me, nor are defiled any more with all their transgressions, and they have been to Me for a people, and I am to them for God -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

לְ֠מַעַן Le.ma.'an “so that”

So that thou dost bear thy shame, And hast been ashamed of all that thou hast done, In thy comforting them.

לְמַ֙עַן֙ le.Ma.'an “so that”

So that thou dost remember, And thou hast been ashamed, And there is not to thee any more an opening of the mouth because of thy shame, In My receiving atonement for thee, For all that thou hast done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!'

לְמַ֤עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And they put it in prison -- in chains, And they bring it unto the king of Babylon, They bring it in unto bulwarks, So that its voice is not heard any more On mountains of Israel.

לְמַ֗עַן le.Ma.'an “so that”

And I do `it' for My name's sake, Not to pollute `it' before the eyes of the nations, In whose midst they `are', Before whose eyes I became known to them, To bring them out from the land of Egypt.

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

And I do `it' for My name's sake, Not to pollute `it' before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them forth.

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

And I have turned back My hand, And I do `it' for My name's sake, Not to pollute `it' before the eyes of the nations, Before whose eyes I brought them out.

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

And I defile them by their own gifts, By causing to pass away every opener of a womb, So that I make them desolate, So that they know that I `am' Jehovah.

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

And ye have known that I `am' Jehovah, In My dealing with you for My name's sake, Not according to your evil ways, And according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

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

So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.

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

To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapt up for slaughter.

לְמַ֣עַן׀ le.Ma.'an “so as”

And thou, son of man, prophesy, and thou hast said: Thus said the Lord Jehovah concerning the sons of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: and thou hast said: A sword, a sword, open for slaughter, Polished to the utmost for brightness!

לְמַ֥עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”

Lo, princes of Israel -- each according to his arm Have been in thee to shed blood.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Men of slander have been in thee to shed blood, And on the mountains they have eaten in thee, Wickedness they have done in thy midst.

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

A bribe they have taken in thee to shed blood, Usury and increase thou hast taken, And cuttest off thy neighbour by oppression, And Me thou hast forgotten, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah!

לְמַ֣עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Its princes in its midst `are' as wolves, Tearing prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, For the sake of gaining dishonest gain.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “so as”

Thou lookest after the wickedness of thy youth, In dealing out of Egypt thy loves, For the sake of the breasts of thy youth.

לְמַ֖עַן le.Ma.'an “on account of”