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Amos 5:14

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Masoretic Text 1524

H1875 Seek דרשׁו

H2896 good טוב

H408 and not ואל

H7451 evil רע

H4616 that למען

H2421 ye may live תחיו

H1961 shall be ויהי

H3651 and so כן

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H430 the God אלהי

H6635 of hosts צבאות

H854 with אתכם

H834 you as כאשׁר

H559 ye have spoken אמרתם׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H1875 Seek

H2896 good

and

H408 not

H7451 evil

H4616 that

may

H2421 live

and

H3651 so

the

H3068 LORD

the

H430 God

H6635 hosts

shall

H1961 be

H854 with

you

H834 as

have

H559 spoken

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