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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְמַעַן",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lemá'an",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "g",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַן",
"roman": "l'má'an",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנִי",
"roman": "l'ma'aní",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנֵנוּ",
"roman": "l'ma'anénu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְךָ",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khá",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנֵךְ",
"roman": "l'ma'anékh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְכֶם",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְכֶן",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנוֹ",
"roman": "l'ma'anó",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָהּ",
"roman": "l'ma'anáh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָם",
"roman": "l'ma'anám",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָן",
"roman": "l'ma'anán",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"tr": "lemá'an",
"wv": "לְמַעַן"
},
"expansion": "לְמַעַן • (lemá'an)",
"name": "he-prep"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "prep",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "lemá'an hashém",
"word": "לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"roman": "lemá'an yir'ú veyira'ú",
"word": "לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ וְיִירָאוּ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "61 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake",
"ref": "Isaiah 37:35, with translation of the King James Version",
"text": "וְגַנּוֹתִי עַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For the sake (benefit or regard) of (a person or thing)."
],
"id": "en-למען-he-prep-sRDwPsAV",
"links": [
[
"For the sake",
"for the sake of"
],
[
"benefit",
"benefit#English"
],
[
"regard",
"regard#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "54 46",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.",
"ref": "Exodus 1:11, with translation of the King James Version",
"text": "וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם"
}
],
"glosses": [
"With the intent or purpose of (a result)."
],
"id": "en-למען-he-prep-NJLm4vUu",
"links": [
[
"intent",
"intent"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
],
[
"result",
"result"
]
]
}
],
"word": "למען"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew prepositions",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְמַעַן",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "lemá'an",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "g",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַן",
"roman": "l'má'an",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנִי",
"roman": "l'ma'aní",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנֵנוּ",
"roman": "l'ma'anénu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְךָ",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khá",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנֵךְ",
"roman": "l'ma'anékh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְכֶם",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעַנְכֶן",
"roman": "l'ma'an'khén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנוֹ",
"roman": "l'ma'anó",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָהּ",
"roman": "l'ma'anáh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָם",
"roman": "l'ma'anám",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לְמַעֲנָן",
"roman": "l'ma'anán",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"tr": "lemá'an",
"wv": "לְמַעַן"
},
"expansion": "לְמַעַן • (lemá'an)",
"name": "he-prep"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "prep",
"related": [
{
"roman": "lemá'an hashém",
"word": "לְמַעַן הַשֵּׁם"
},
{
"roman": "lemá'an yir'ú veyira'ú",
"word": "לְמַעַן יִרְאוּ וְיִירָאוּ"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake",
"ref": "Isaiah 37:35, with translation of the King James Version",
"text": "וְגַנּוֹתִי עַל הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְהוֹשִׁיעָהּ לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For the sake (benefit or regard) of (a person or thing)."
],
"links": [
[
"For the sake",
"for the sake of"
],
[
"benefit",
"benefit#English"
],
[
"regard",
"regard#English"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens.",
"ref": "Exodus 1:11, with translation of the King James Version",
"text": "וַיָּשִׂימוּ עָלָיו שָׂרֵי מִסִּים לְמַעַן עַנֹּתוֹ בְּסִבְלֹתָם"
}
],
"glosses": [
"With the intent or purpose of (a result)."
],
"links": [
[
"intent",
"intent"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
],
[
"result",
"result"
]
]
}
],
"word": "למען"
}
Download raw JSONL data for למען meaning in Hebrew (3.2kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: למען/Hebrew 'base form' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"למען"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "למען",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: למען/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"למען"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "למען",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: למען/Hebrew 'Personal-pronoun- including forms' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"למען"
],
"section": "Hebrew",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "למען",
"trace": ""
}
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