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Amos 1:13

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3541 Thus כה

H559 saith אמר

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H5921 For על

H7969 three שׁלשׁה

H6588 transgressions פשׁעי

H1121 of the children בני

H5983 of Ammon עמון

H5921 and for ועל

H702 four ארבעה

H3808 I will not לא

H7725 turn away אשׁיבנו

H5921 the punishment thereof because על

H1234 they have ripped up בקעם

H2030 the women with child הרות

H1568 of Gilead הגלעד

H4616 that למען

H7337 they might enlarge הרחיב

H853 את

H1366 their border גבולם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3541 Thus

H559 saith

the

H3068 LORD

H5921 For

H7969 three

H6588 transgressions

the

H1121 children

H5983 Ammon

and

H5921 for

H702 four

will

H3808 not

turn

H7725 away

the

punishment

thereof

H5921 because

they

have

ripped

H1234 up

the

women

with

H2030 child

H1568 Gilead

H4616 that

they

might

H7337 enlarge

their

H1366 border

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H4616

Hebrew: מַעַן

Transliteration: maʻan

Pronunciation: mah'-an

Bible Usage: because {of} to the end (intent) {that} for ({to} . . . ‘s {sake}) + {lest} {that} to.

Definition:

properly {heed} that {is} purpose; used only {adverbially} on account of (as a motive or an {aim}) teleologically in order that

1. purpose, intent prep

a. for the sake of

b. in view of, on account of

c. for the purpose of, to the intent that, in order to conj

d. to the end that

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906