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Exodus 10:2

“And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַעַןmaʻan · mah'-an
H4616 · Hebrew
Definition
properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
Derivation
from H6030 (עָנָה);
KJV renderings
because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
Grammar
  • וּ — conjunction
  • לְמַ֡עַן — preposition
Code HC/R
Usage
Occurs 272 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:13Genesis 18:19Genesis 18:19Genesis 18:24Genesis 27:25

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.