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Genesis 12:13

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Masoretic Text 1524

H559 Say אמרי

H4994 I pray thee נא

H269 art my sister אחתי

H859 thou את

H4616 that למען

H3190 it may be well ייטב

H5668 with me for thy sake לי בעבורך

H2421 shall live וחיתה

H5315 and my soul נפשׁי

H1558 because of בגללך׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H559 Say

pray

H4994 thee

H859 thou

art

H269 sister

H4616 that

may

H3190 well

with

for

thy

H5668 sake

and

H5315 soul

shall

H2421 live

because

H1558 of

H4994 thee

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