{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3282",
  "lemma": "יַעַן",
  "transliteration": "yaʻan",
  "definition": "properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause",
  "kjv": "because (that), forasmuch ([phrase] as), seeing then, [phrase] that, [phrase] wheras…",
  "occurrences": 99,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "יַעַן 95 prop. subst. purpose, intention, but always used as prep. or conj. on account of, because"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 22:16",
      "text": "and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/22?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 26:43",
      "text": "The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its Sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/26?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 11:20",
      "text": "but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/11?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 20:12",
      "text": "The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you didn’t believe in me, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 1:36",
      "text": "except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it. I will give the land that he has trodden on to him and to his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/1?v=36"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 14:14",
      "text": "Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 2:20",
      "text": "The LORD’s anger burned against Israel; and he said, “Because this nation transgressed my covenant which I commanded…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/2?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:23",
      "text": "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 30:22",
      "text": "Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows of those who went with David answered and said, “Because they didn’t go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/30?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 3:11",
      "text": "God said to him, “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have you asked for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/3?v=11"
    }
  ],
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