1) purpose, intent prep 1a) for the sake of 1b) in view of, on account of 1c) for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj 1d) to the end that
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H4616 — מַ֫עַן
ma.an · because · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:13 · לְמַ֙עַן֙say, I pray thee, thou art my sister, so that it is well with me because of thee, and my soul hath lived for thy sake.’Genesis 18:19 · לְמַעַן֩ · לְמַ֗עַןfor I have known him, that he commandeth his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of Jehovah), to do righteousness and judgment, that Jehovah may bring on Abraham that which He hath spoken concerning him.’Genesis 18:24 · לְמַ֛עַןperadventure there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; dost Thou also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty—the righteous who are in its midst?Genesis 27:25 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd he saith, ‘Bring nigh to me, and I do eat of my son’s provision, so that my soul doth bless thee;’ and he bringeth nigh to him, and he eateth; and he bringeth to him wine, and he drinketh.Genesis 37:22 · לְמַ֗עַןand Reuben saith unto them, ‘Shed no blood; cast him into this pit which is in the wilderness, and put not forth a hand upon him,’—in order to deliver him out of their hand, to bring him back unto his father.Genesis 50:20 · לְמַ֗עַןAs for you, ye devised against me evil—God devised it for good, in order to do as at this day, to keep alive a numerous people;Exodus 1:11 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd they set over it princes of tribute, so as to afflict it with their burdens, and it buildeth store-cities for Pharaoh, Pithom and Raamses;Exodus 4:5 · לְמַ֣עַן‘—so that they believe that Jehovah, God of their fathers, hath appeared unto thee, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.’Exodus 8:10 · לְמַ֣עַןand he saith, ‘To-morrow.’ And he saith, According to thy word it is, so that thou knowest that there is none like Jehovah our God,Exodus 8:22 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd I have separated in that day the land of Goshen, in which My people are staying, that the beetle is not there, so that thou knowest that I am Jehovah in the midst of the land,Exodus 9:16 · וּלְמַ֛עַן‘And yet for this I have caused thee to stand, so as to show thee My power, and for the sake of declaring My Name in all the earth;Exodus 9:29 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd Moses saith unto him, ‘At my going out of the city, I spread my palms unto Jehovah—the voices cease, and the hail is not any more, so that thou knowest that the earth is Jehovah’s;Exodus 10:1 · לְמַ֗עַןAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Go in unto Pharaoh, for I have declared hard his heart, and the heart of his servants, so that I set these My signs in their midst,Exodus 10:2 · וּלְמַ֡עַןand so that thou recountest in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, that which I have done in Egypt, and My signs which I have set among them, and ye have known that I am Jehovah.’Exodus 11:7 · לְמַ֙עַן֙‘And against all the sons of Israel a dog sharpeneth not its tongue, from man even unto beast, so that ye know that Jehovah doth make a separation between the Egyptians and Israel;Exodus 11:9 · לְמַ֛עַןAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Pharaoh doth not hearken unto you, so as to multiply My wonders in the land of Egypt;’Exodus 13:9 · לְמַ֗עַןand it hath been to thee for a sign on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, so that the law of Jehovah is in thy mouth, for by a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out from Egypt;Exodus 16:4 · לְמַ֧עַןAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens—and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day—so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;Exodus 16:32 · לְמַ֣עַן׀And Moses saith, ‘This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.’Exodus 20:12 · לְמַ֙עַן֙‘Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.Exodus 23:12 · לְמַ֣עַן‘Six days thou dost do thy work, and on the seventh day thou dost rest, so that thine ox and thine ass doth rest, and the son of thine handmaid and the sojourner is refreshed;Exodus 33:13 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd now, if, I pray Thee, I have found grace in Thine eyes, cause me to know, I pray Thee, Thy way, and I know Thee, so that I find grace in Thine eyes, and consider that this nation is Thy people;’Leviticus 17:5 · לְמַעַן֩so that the sons of Israel do bring in their sacrifices which they are sacrificing on the face of the field, yea, they have brought them in to Jehovah, unto the opening of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and they have sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah with them.Leviticus 20:3 · לְמַ֗עַןand I—I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name.Leviticus 23:43 · לְמַעַן֮so that your generations do know that in booths I caused the sons of Israel to dwell; in my bringing them out of the land of Egypt; I, Jehovah, am your God.’Numbers 15:40 · לְמַ֣עַןso that ye remember and have done all My commands, and ye have been holy to your God;Numbers 16:40 · לְ֠מַעַןa memorial to the sons of Israel, so that a stranger who is not of the seed of Aaron doth not draw near to make a perfume before Jehovah, and is not as Korah, and as his company,—as Jehovah hath spoken by the hand of Moses to him.Numbers 27:20 · לְמַ֣עַןand hast put of thine honour upon him, so that all the company of the sons of Israel do hearken.Numbers 36:8 · לְמַ֗עַן‘And every daughter possessing an inheritance, of the tribes of the sons of Israel, is to one of the family of the tribe of her father for a wife, so that the sons of Israel possess each the inheritance of his fathers,Deuteronomy 2:30 · לְמַ֛עַן‘And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.Deuteronomy 3:26 · לְמַ֣עַנְכֶ֔ם‘And Jehovah sheweth himself wroth with me, for your sake, and hath not hearkened unto me, and Jehovah saith unto me, Enough for thee; add not to speak unto Me any more about this thing:Deuteronomy 4:1 · לְמַ֣עַן‘And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you.Deuteronomy 4:40 · וּלְמַ֨עַןand thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—all the days.’Deuteronomy 5:14 · לְמַ֗עַןand the seventh day is a sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates; so that thy man-servant, and thy handmaid doth rest like thyself;Deuteronomy 5:16 · לְמַ֣עַן׀ · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙‘Honour thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee, so that thy days are prolonged, and so that it is well with thee, on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.Deuteronomy 5:29 · לְמַ֨עַןO that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons—to the age!Deuteronomy 5:33 · לְמַ֤עַןin all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you ye walk, so that ye live, and it is well with you, and ye have prolonged days in the land which ye possess.Deuteronomy 6:2 · לְמַ֨עַן · וּלְמַ֖עַןso that thou dost fear Jehovah thy God, to keep all His statutes and His commands, which I am commanding thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all days of thy life, and so that thy days are prolonged.Deuteronomy 6:18 · לְמַ֙עַן֙and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,Deuteronomy 6:23 · לְמַ֙עַן֙and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.Deuteronomy 8:1 · לְמַ֨עַן‘All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers;Deuteronomy 8:2 · לְמַ֨עַןand thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which is in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.Deuteronomy 8:3 · לְמַ֣עַן‘And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.Deuteronomy 8:16 · לְמַ֣עַן · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),Deuteronomy 8:18 · לְמַ֨עַןAnd thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it is who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as at this day.Deuteronomy 9:5 · וּלְמַ֜עַןnot for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;Deuteronomy 11:8 · לְמַ֣עַןand ye have kept all the command which I am commanding thee to-day, so that ye are strong, and have gone in, and possessed the land whither ye are passing over to possess it,Deuteronomy 11:9 · וּלְמַ֨עַןand so that ye prolong days on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them and to their seed—a land flowing with milk and honey.Deuteronomy 11:21 · לְמַ֨עַןso that your days are multiplied, and the days of your sons, on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers to give to them, as the days of the heavens on the earth.Deuteronomy 12:25 · לְמַ֨עַןthou dost not eat it, in order that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, when thou dost that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.Deuteronomy 12:28 · לְמַעַן֩Observe, and thou hast obeyed all these words which I am commanding thee, in order that it may be well with thee and with thy sons after thee—to the age, when thou dost that which is good and right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.Deuteronomy 13:17 · לְמַעַן֩and there doth not cleave to thy hand any of the devoted thing, so that Jehovah doth turn back from the fierceness of His anger, and hath given to thee mercies, and loved thee, and multiplied thee, as He hath sworn to thy fathers,Deuteronomy 14:23 · לְמַ֣עַןand thou hast eaten before Jehovah thy God, in the place where He doth choose to cause His name to tabernacle, the tithe of thy corn, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd, and of thy flock, so that thou dost learn to fear Jehovah thy God all the days.Deuteronomy 14:29 · לְמַ֤עַןand come in hath the Levite (for he hath no part and inheritance with thee), and the sojourner, and the fatherless, and the widow, who are within thy gates, and they have eaten, and been satisfied, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hand which thou dost.Deuteronomy 16:3 · לְמַ֣עַן‘Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life;Deuteronomy 16:20 · לְמַ֤עַןRighteousness—righteousness thou dost pursue, so that thou livest, and hast possessed the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.Deuteronomy 17:16 · לְמַ֖עַן‘Only, he doth not multiply to himself horses, nor cause the people to turn back to Egypt, so as to multiply horses, seeing Jehovah hath said to you, Ye do not add to turn back in this way any more.Deuteronomy 17:19 · לְמַ֣עַןand it hath been with him, and he hath read in it all days of his life, so that he doth learn to fear Jehovah his God, to keep all the words of this law, and these statutes, to do them;Deuteronomy 17:20 · לְמַעַן֩so that his heart is not high above his brethren, and so as not to turn aside from the command, right or left, so that he prolongeth days over his kingdom, he and his sons, in the midst of Israel.Deuteronomy 20:18 · לְמַ֗עַןso that they teach you not to do according to all their abominations which they have done to their gods, and ye have sinned against Jehovah your God.Deuteronomy 22:7 · לְמַ֙עַן֙thou dost certainly send away the mother, and the young ones dost take to thyself, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast prolonged days.Deuteronomy 23:20 · לְמַ֨עַןTo a stranger thou mayest lend in usury, and to thy brother thou dost not lend in usury, so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in every putting forth of thy hand on the land whither thou goest in to possess it.Deuteronomy 24:19 · לְמַ֤עַן‘When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgotten a sheaf in a field, thou dost not turn back to take it; to the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, it is; so that Jehovah thy God doth bless thee in all the work of thy hands.Deuteronomy 25:15 · לְמַ֙עַן֙Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;Deuteronomy 27:3 · לְמַ֡עַןand written on them all the words of this law in thy passing over, so that thou goest in unto the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee—a land flowing with milk and honey, as Jehovah, God of thy fathers, hath spoken to thee.Deuteronomy 29:6 · לְמַ֙עַן֙bread ye have not eaten, and wine and strong drink ye have not drunk, so that ye know that I am Jehovah your God.Deuteronomy 29:9 · לְמַ֣עַןand ye have kept the words of this covenant, and done them, so that ye cause all that ye do to prosper.Deuteronomy 29:13 · לְמַ֣עַןin order to establish thee to-day to Him for a people, and He Himself is thy God, as He hath spoken to thee, and as He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.Deuteronomy 29:19 · לְמַ֛עַן‘And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.Deuteronomy 30:6 · לְמַ֥עַן‘And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life;Deuteronomy 30:19 · לְמַ֥עַן‘I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,Deuteronomy 31:12 · לְמַ֨עַן · וּלְמַ֣עַןAssemble the people, the men, and the women, and the infants, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, so that they hear, and so that they learn, and have feared Jehovah your God, and observed to do all the words of this law;Deuteronomy 31:19 · לְמַ֨עַן‘And now, write for you this song, and teach it the sons of Israel; put it in their mouths, so that this song is to Me for a witness against the sons of Israel,Joshua 1:7 · לְמַ֣עַןOnly, be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded thee; thou dost not turn aside from it right or left, so that thou dost act wisely in every place whither thou goest;Joshua 1:8 · לְמַ֙עַן֙the book of this law doth not depart out of thy mouth, and thou hast meditated in it by day and by night, so that thou dost observe to do according to all that is written in it, for then thou dost cause thy way to prosper, and then thou dost act wisely.Joshua 3:4 · לְמַ֤עַןonly, a distance is between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; ye do not come near unto it, so that ye know the way in which ye go, for ye have not passed over in the way heretofore.’Joshua 4:6 · לְמַ֗עַןso that this is a sign in your midst, when your children ask hereafter, saying, What are these stones to you?Joshua 4:24 · לְ֠מַעַן · לְמַ֧עַןso that all the people of the land do know the hand of Jehovah that it is strong, so that ye have reverenced Jehovah your God all the days.’Joshua 11:20 · לְמַ֣עַן · לְמַ֣עַןfor from Jehovah it hath been to strengthen their heart, to meet in battle with Israel, in order to devote them, so that they have no grace, but in order to destroy them, as Jehovah commanded Moses.Judges 2:22 · לְמַ֛עַןin order to try Israel by them, whether they are keeping the way of Jehovah, to go in it, as their fathers kept it or not.’Judges 3:2 · לְמַ֙עַן֙(only for the sake of the generations of the sons of Israel’s knowing, to teach them war, only those who formerly have not known them)—1 Samuel 15:15 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd Saul saith, ‘From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.’1 Samuel 17:28 · לְמַ֛עַןAnd Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, ‘Why is this—thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart—for, to see the battle thou hast come down.’2 Samuel 13:5 · לְמַ֙עַן֙And Jonadab saith to him, ‘Lie down on thy couch, and feign thyself sick, and thy father hath come in to see thee, and thou hast said unto him, ‘Let, I pray thee, Tamar my sister come in and give me bread to eat; and she hath made the food before mine eyes so that I see it, and have eaten from her hand.’1 Kings 2:3 · לְמַ֣עַןand kept the charge of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commands, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, so that thou dost wisely all that thou dost, and whithersoever thou turnest,1 Kings 2:4 · לְמַעַן֩so that Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake unto me, saying, If thy sons observe their way to walk before Me in truth, with all their heart, and with all their soul; saying, There is not cut off a man of thine from the throne of Israel.1 Kings 8:40 · לְמַ֙עַן֙so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.1 Kings 8:41 · לְמַ֥עַן‘And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for Thy name’s sake—1 Kings 8:43 · לְמַ֣עַןThou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name hath been called on this house which I have builded.1 Kings 8:60 · לְמַ֗עַןfor all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He is God; there is none else;1 Kings 11:12 · לְמַ֖עַן‘Only, in thy days I do it not, for the sake of David thy father; out of the hand of thy son I rend it;1 Kings 11:13 · לְמַ֙עַן֙ · וּלְמַ֥עַןonly all the kingdom I do not rend away; one tribe I give to thy son, for the sake of David My servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, that I have chosen.’1 Kings 11:32 · לְמַ֣עַן׀ · וּלְמַ֙עַן֙and the one tribe he hath for My servant David’s sake, and for Jerusalem’s sake, the city which I have fixed on, out of all the tribes of Israel.1 Kings 11:34 · לְמַ֨עַן‘And I do not take the whole of the kingdom out of his hand, for prince I make him all days of his life, for the sake of David My servant whom I chose, who kept My commands and My statutes;1 Kings 11:36 · לְמַ֣עַןand to his son I give one tribe, for there being a lamp to David My servant all the days before Me in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to Myself to put My name there.1 Kings 11:39 · לְמַ֣עַןand I humble the seed of David for this; only, not all the days.’1 Kings 12:15 · לְמַ֜עַןand the king hearkened not unto the people, for the revolution was from Jehovah, in order to establish His word that Jehovah spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.1 Kings 15:4 · לְמַ֣עַןbut for David’s sake hath Jehovah his God given to him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem,2 Kings 8:19 · לְמַ֖עַןand Jehovah was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David his servant, as He said to him, to give to him a lamp—to his sons all the days.2 Kings 10:19 · לְמַ֥עַןand now, all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests, call ye unto me; let not a man be lacking, for a great sacrifice I have for Baal; every one who is lacking—he doth not live;’ and Jehu hath done it in subtilty, in order to destroy the servants of Baal.2 Kings 13:23 · לְמַ֣עַןand Jehovah doth favour them, and pity them, and turn unto them, for the sake of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and hath not been willing to destroy them, nor to cast them from His presence as yet.2 Kings 19:34 · לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י · וּלְמַ֖עַןAnd I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.’2 Kings 20:6 · לְמַֽעֲנִ֔י · וּלְמַ֖עַןand I have added to thy days fifteen years, and out of the hand of the king of Asshur I deliver thee and this city, and have covered over this city for Mine own sake, and for the sake of David My servant.’2 Kings 22:17 · לְמַ֙עַן֙because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me to anger with every work of their hands, and My wrath hath been kindled against this place, and it is not quenched.2 Kings 23:24 · לְ֠מַעַןAnd also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.1 Chronicles 28:8 · לְמַ֤עַן‘And now, before the eyes of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the ears of our God, keep and seek all the commands of Jehovah your God, so that ye possess this good land, and have caused your sons to inherit after you unto the age.2 Chronicles 6:31 · לְמַ֣עַןso that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.2 Chronicles 6:32 · לְמַ֨עַן‘And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:2 Chronicles 6:33 · לְמַ֣עַןthen Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.2 Chronicles 10:15 · לְמַעַן֩And the king hath not hearkened unto the people, for the revolution hath been from God, for the sake of Jehovah’s establishing His word that He spake by the hand of Abijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam son of Nebat.2 Chronicles 21:7 · לְמַ֣עַןand Jehovah hath not been willing to destroy the house of David, for the sake of the covenant that He made with David, and as He had said to give to him a lamp, and to his sons—all the days.2 Chronicles 25:20 · לְמַ֖עַןAnd Amaziah hath not hearkened, for from God it is in order to give them into hand, because they have sought the gods of Edom;2 Chronicles 31:4 · לְמַ֥עַןAnd he saith to the people, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to give the portion of the priests, and of the Levites, so that they are strengthened in the law of Jehovah;2 Chronicles 32:18 · לְמַ֖עַןAnd they call with a great voice in Jewish, against the people of Jerusalem who are on the wall, to frighten them, and to trouble them, that they may capture the city,2 Chronicles 34:25 · לְמַ֙עַן֙because that they have forsaken Me, and make perfume to other gods, so as to provoke Me with all the works of their hands, and poured out is My fury upon this place, and it is not quenched.Ezra 9:12 · לְמַ֣עַןand now, your daughters ye do not give to their sons, and their daughters ye do not take to your sons, and ye do not seek their peace, and their good—unto the age, so that ye are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons unto the age.Nehemiah 6:13 · לְמַ֤עַן · לְמַֽעַן־ · לְמַ֖עַןso that he is an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.Job 18:4 · הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ(He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?Job 19:29 · לְמַ֖עַןBe ye afraid because of the sword, For furious are the punishments of the sword, That ye may know that there is a judgment.Job 40:8 · לְמַ֣עַןDost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?Psalm 5:8 · לְמַ֥עַןO Jehovah, lead me in Thy righteousness, Because of those observing me, Make straight before me Thy way,Psalm 6:4 · לְמַ֣עַןTurn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness’ sake.Psalm 8:2 · לְמַ֥עַןFrom the mouths of infants and sucklings Thou hast founded strength, Because of Thine adversaries, To still an enemy and a self-avenger.Psalm 9:14 · לְמַ֥עַןSo that I recount all Thy praise, In the gates of the daughter of Zion. I rejoice on Thy salvation.Psalm 23:3 · לְמַ֣עַןMy soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name’s sake,Psalm 25:7 · לְמַ֖עַןSins of my youth, and my transgressions, Do not Thou remember. According to Thy kindness be mindful of me, For Thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.Psalm 25:11 · לְמַֽעַן־For Thy name’s sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it is great.Psalm 27:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןShew me, O Jehovah, Thy way, And lead me in a path of uprightness, For the sake of my beholders.Psalm 30:12 · לְמַ֤עַן׀So that honour doth praise Thee, and is not silent, O Jehovah, my God, to the age I thank Thee!Psalm 31:3 · וּלְמַ֥עַןFor my rock and my bulwark art Thou, For Thy name’s sake lead me and tend me.Psalm 44:26 · לְמַ֣עַןArise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness’ sake.Psalm 48:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןRejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.Psalm 48:13 · לְמַ֥עַןSet your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,Psalm 51:4 · לְ֭מַעַןAgainst Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.Psalm 60:5 · לְ֭מַעַןThat Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.Psalm 68:23 · לְמַ֤עַן׀So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, In the blood of enemies—the tongue of Thy dogs.’Psalm 69:18 · לְמַ֖עַןBe near unto my soul—redeem it, Because of mine enemies ransom me.Psalm 78:6 · לְמַ֤עַןSo that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,Psalm 79:9 · לְמַ֣עַןHelp us, O God of our salvation, Because of the honour of Thy name, And deliver us, and cover over our sins, For Thy name’s sake.Psalm 97:8 · לְמַ֖עַןZion hath heard and rejoiceth, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Thy judgments, O Jehovah.Psalm 106:8 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd He saveth them for His name’s sake, To make known His might,Psalm 108:6 · לְ֭מַעַןThat Thy beloved ones may be delivered, Save with Thy right hand, and answer us.Psalm 109:21 · לְמַ֣עַןAnd Thou, O Jehovah Lord, Deal with me for Thy name’s sake, Because Thy kindness is good, deliver me.Psalm 119:11 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןIn my heart I have hid Thy saying, That I sin not before Thee.Psalm 119:71 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןGood for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.Psalm 119:80 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןMy heart is perfect in Thy statutes, So that I am not ashamed.Psalm 119:101 · לְ֝מַ֗עַןFrom every evil path I restrained my feet, So that I keep Thy word.Psalm 122:8 · לְ֭מַעַןFor the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, ‘Peace be in thee.’Psalm 122:9 · לְ֭מַעַןFor the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!Psalm 125:3 · לְמַ֡עַןFor the rod of wickedness resteth not On the lot of the righteous, That the righteous put not forth on iniquity their hands.
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