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title: לְמַעַן — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «לְמַעַן» in the Tanakh dictionary: purpose. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# לְמַעַן

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**What happens:** account · **To what, where:** intent

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«לְמַעַן‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [לְמַעַן‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4616.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4616:m1:1
# text = purpose
1	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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subst. purpose, intent prep. conj. for the sake of, on account of, to the intent in order that prep. Conj.

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*Sentence 1:* subst. purpose, intent prep. conj. for the sake of, on account of, to the intent in order that prep.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4616:m2:1
# text = subst. purpose, intent prep. conj. for the sake of, on account of, to the intent in order that prep.
1	subst	subst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	intent	intent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	prep	prep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
8	conj	conj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	intent	intent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
25	prep	prep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | the intent in order |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 2:* Conj.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4616:m2:2
# text = Conj.
1	Conj	Conj	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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so that; so as; for the sake of

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:4616:m3:1
# text = so that; so as; for the sake of
1	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	5	mark	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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