This is what the Hebrew word Lemaan (נוסח) means.
It is a conjunction, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Lemaan.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מילת חיבור לפני תיאור המטרה או הרצון המקווה
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם רְאוּבֵן אַל תִּשְׁפְּכוּ דָם הַשְׁלִיכוּ אֹתוֹ אֶל הַבּוֹר..וְיָד אַל תִּשְׁלְחוּ בוֹ לְמַעַן הַצִּיל אֹתוֹ מִיָּדָם לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ אֶל אָבִיו
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Lemaan is a conjunction.
- Written with vowel points
- לְמַעַן
- Written without vowel points
- נוסח
- Said
- lemaan
- Inflections
- לְמַעֲנוֹ לְמַעֲנָהּ
- Gematria
- 124
These words mean nearly the same as Lemaan.
- בשבילfor the sake of
- כדי ל
- עבור
- בעבור
- בעדfor
- על מנתin order to
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words rhyme with Lemaan.
The word Lemaan is part of these phrases and sayings.
- למען הסר ספק
- שלטון למען שלטון
- למען יראו ויראו
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Lemaan in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Lemaan.
What is a synonym for Lemaan (נוסח)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Lemaan (נוסח) are בשביל, כדי ל, עבור, בעבור, בעד, and על מנת.
What rhymes with Lemaan (נוסח)?
Words that rhyme with Lemaan (נוסח) include יען and מען.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry למען of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.