conj 1) because, therefore, because that, on account of prep 2) because of, on account of 3) why (with interrogative pron)
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H3282 — יַעַן
ya.an · because · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 22:16 · יַ֚עַןand saith, ‘By Myself I have sworn—the affirmation of Jehovah—that because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one—Leviticus 26:43 · יַ֣עַן · וּבְיַ֔עַן‘And—the land is left of them, and doth enjoy its sabbaths, in the desolation without them, and they accept the punishment of their iniquity, because, even because, against My judgments they have kicked, and My statutes hath their soul loathed,Numbers 11:20 · יַ֗עַןunto a month of days, till that it come out from your nostrils, and it hath become to you an abomination; because that ye have loathed Jehovah, who is in your midst, and weep before Him, saying, Why is this?—we have come out of Egypt!’Numbers 20:12 · יַ֚עַןAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, ‘Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.’Deuteronomy 1:36 · יַ֕עַןsave Caleb son of Jephunneh—he doth see it, and to him I give the land on which he hath trodden, and to his sons, because that he hath been fully after Jehovah.Joshua 14:14 · יַ֚עַןtherefore hath Hebron been to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite for an inheritance unto this day, because that he was fully after Jehovah, God of Israel;Judges 2:20 · יַעַן֩And the anger of Jehovah doth burn against Israel, and He saith, ‘Because that this nation have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened to My voice—1 Samuel 15:23 · יַ֗עַןfor a sin of divination is rebellion, and iniquity and teraphim is stubbornness; because thou hast rejected the word of Jehovah, He also doth reject thee from being king.’1 Samuel 30:22 · יַ֚עַןAnd every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, ‘Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.1 Kings 3:11 · יַעַן֩and God saith unto him, ‘Because that thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thee many days, nor asked for thee riches, nor asked the life of thine enemies, and hast asked for thee discernment to understand judgment,1 Kings 8:18 · יַ֗עַןand Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart;1 Kings 11:11 · יַ֚עַןand Jehovah saith to Solomon, ‘Because that this hath been with thee, and thou hast not kept My covenant and My statutes that I charged upon thee, I surely rend the kingdom from thee, and have given it to thy servant.1 Kings 11:33 · יַ֣עַן׀Because they have forsaken Me, and bow themselves to Ashtoreth, goddess of the Zidonians, to Chemosh god of Moab, and to Milcom god of the sons of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways, to do that which is right in Mine eyes, and My statutes and My judgments, like David his father.1 Kings 13:21 · יַ֗עַןand he calleth unto the man of God who came from Judah, saying, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast provoked the mouth of Jehovah, and hast not kept the command that Jehovah thy God charged thee,1 Kings 14:7 · יַ֛עַןGo, say to Jeroboam, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Because that I have made thee high out of the midst of the people, and appoint thee leader over my people Israel,1 Kings 14:13 · יַ֣עַןand all Israel have mourned for him, and buried him, for this one—by himself—cometh of Jeroboam unto a grave, because there hath been found in him a good thing towards Jehovah, God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.1 Kings 14:15 · יַ֗עַןAnd Jehovah hath smitten Israel as the reed is moved by the waters, and hath plucked Israel from off this good ground that He gave to their fathers, and scattered them beyond the River, because that they made their shrines, provoking Jehovah to anger;1 Kings 16:2 · יַ֗עַן‘Because that I have raised thee up out of the dust, and appoint thee leader over My people Israel, and thou walkest in the way of Jeroboam, and causest My people Israel to sin—to provoke Me to anger with their sins;1 Kings 20:28 · יַ֠עַןAnd there cometh nigh a man of God, and speaketh unto the king of Israel, and saith, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Because that the Aramaeans have said, God of hills is Jehovah, and He is not God of valleys—I have given the whole of this great multitude into thy hand, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.’1 Kings 20:36 · יַ֚עַןand he saith to him, ‘Because that thou hast not hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, lo, thou art going from me, and the lion hath smitten thee;’ and he goeth from him, and the lion findeth him, and smiteth him.1 Kings 20:42 · יַ֛עַןand he saith unto him, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Because thou hast sent away the man I devoted, out of thy hand, even thy life hath been for his life, and thy people for his people;’1 Kings 21:20 · יַ֚עַןAnd Ahab saith unto Elijah, ‘Hast thou found me, O mine enemy?’ and he saith, ‘I have found—because of thy selling thyself to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah;1 Kings 21:29 · יַ֜עַן‘Hast thou seen that Ahab hath been humbled before Me? because that he hath been humbled before Me, I bring not in the evil in his days; in the days of his son I bring in the evil on his house.’2 Kings 1:16 · יַ֜עַןand speaketh unto him, ‘Thus said Jehovah, Because that thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-Zebub god of Ekron—is it because there is not a God in Israel to inquire of His word? therefore, the bed whither thou hast gone up—thou dost not come down from it, for thou dost certainly die.’2 Kings 10:30 · יַ֤עַןAnd Jehovah saith unto Jehu, ‘Because that thou hast done well, to do that which is right in Mine eyes—according to all that is in My heart thou hast done to the house of Ahab—the sons of the fourth generation do sit for thee on the throne of Israel.’2 Kings 19:28 · יַ֚עַןBecause of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise—it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.2 Kings 21:11 · יַעַן֩Because that Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations—he hath done evil above all that the Amorites have done who are before him, and causeth also Judah to sin by his idols;2 Kings 21:15 · יַ֗עַןbecause that they have done the evil thing in Mine eyes, and are provoking Me to anger from the day that their fathers came out of Egypt, even unto this day.’2 Kings 22:19 · יַ֠עַןbecause thy heart is tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me—I also have heard—the affirmation of Jehovah—2 Chronicles 1:11 · יַ֣עַןAnd God saith to Solomon, ‘Because that this hath been with thy heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, and honour, and the life of those hating thee, and also many days hast not asked, and dost ask for thyself wisdom and knowledge, so that thou dost judge My people over which I have caused thee to reign—2 Chronicles 6:8 · יַ֗עַןand Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,2 Chronicles 34:27 · יַ֠עַןBecause thy heart is tender, and thou art humbled before God in thy hearing His words concerning this place, and concerning its inhabitants, and art humbled before Me, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me: even I also have heard—the affirmation of Jehovah.Psalm 109:16 · יַ֗עַןBecause that he hath not remembered to do kindness, And pursueth the poor man and needy, And the smitten of heart—to slay,Proverbs 1:24 · יַ֣עַןBecause I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending,Isaiah 3:16 · יַ֚עַןBecause that daughters of Zion have been haughty, And they walk stretching out the neck, And deceiving with the eyes, Walking and mincing they go, And with their feet they make a tinkling,Isaiah 7:5 · יַ֗עַןBecause that Aram counselled against thee evil, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, saying:Isaiah 8:6 · יַ֗עַן‘Because that this people hath refused The waters of Shiloah that go softly, And is rejoicing with Rezin and the son of Remaliah,Isaiah 29:13 · יַ֚עַןAnd the Lord saith: Because drawn near hath this people, with its mouth, And with its lips they have honoured Me, And its heart it hath put far off from Me, And their fear of Me is—A precept of men is taught!Isaiah 30:12 · יַ֥עַןTherefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,Isaiah 37:29 · יַ֚עַןBecause of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise—it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.Isaiah 61:1 · יַ֡עַןThe Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.Isaiah 65:12 · יַ֤עַןAnd I have numbered you for the sword, And all of you for slaughter bow down, Because I called, and ye have not answered, I have spoken, and ye have not hearkened, And ye do the evil thing in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not—fixed.Isaiah 66:4 · יַ֤עַןI also—I fix on their vexations, And their fears I bring in to them, Because I have called, and there is none answering, I spake, and they have not hearkened, And they do the evil things in Mine eyes, And on that which I desired not—fixed.Jeremiah 5:14 · יַ֚עַןTherefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.Jeremiah 7:13 · יַ֧עַןAnd now, because of your doing all these works, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, And ye have not hearkened, And I call you, and ye have not answered,Jeremiah 19:4 · יַ֣עַן׀because that they have forsaken Me, and make known this place, and make perfume in it to other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers, and the kings of Judah, and they have filled this place with innocent blood,Jeremiah 23:38 · יַ֧עַןAnd if the burden of Jehovah ye say, Therefore thus said Jehovah: Because of your saying this word, The burden of Jehovah, And I do send unto you, saying, Ye do not say, The burden of Jehovah.Jeremiah 25:8 · יַ֕עַן‘Therefore thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Because that ye have not obeyed My words,Jeremiah 29:23 · יַ֡עַןBecause that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbours, and speak a word in My name falsely that I have not commanded them, and I am He who knoweth and a witness—an affirmation of Jehovah.Jeremiah 29:25 · יַ֡עַןThus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, saying, Because that thou hast sent in thy name letters unto all the people who are in Jerusalem, and unto Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, and unto all the priests, saying,Jeremiah 29:31 · יַ֡עַן‘Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I—I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,Jeremiah 35:17 · יַ֣עַןtherefore thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, God of Israel: Lo, I am bringing in unto Judah, and unto all inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I have spoken unto them, and they have not hearkened, yea, I call to them, and they have not answered.’Jeremiah 35:18 · יַ֚עַןAnd to the house of the Rechabites said Jeremiah: ‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Because that ye have hearkened unto the command of Jonadab your father, and ye observe all his commands, and do according to all that he commanded you;Jeremiah 48:7 · יַ֣עַןFor, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.Hosea 8:1 · יַ֚עַן‘Unto thy mouth—a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.Amos 5:11 · יַ֣עַןTherefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.Haggai 1:9 · יַ֣עַן · יַ֗עַןLooking for much, and lo, little, And ye brought it home, and I blew on it, Wherefore?—an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts, Because of My house that is waste, And ye are running—each to his house,