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Isaiah 23:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3947 Take קחי

H3658 an harp כנור

H5437 go about סבי

H5892 the city עיר

H2181 thou harlot זונה

H7911 hast been forgotten נשׁכחה

H3190 make sweet היטיבי

H5059 melody נגן

H7235 sing many הרבי

H7892 songs שׁיר

H4616 that למען

H2142 thou mayest be remembered תזכרי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H3947 Take

H3658 harp

H5437 about

the

H5892 city

thou

H2181 harlot

H4616 that

hast

been

H7911 forgotten

make

H3190 sweet

H5059 melody

sing

H7235 many

H7892 songs

H4616 that

thou

mayest

H2142 remembered

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