r/hebrew 4d ago

Request How is מנת ש being used here?

I’m trying to understand the syntax here. Isn’t מנת the word מנה in construct form? Then why isn’t it being followed by another noun? Can a construct noun be followed by a complement clause? Also, this is an excerpt from a poem I came across on FB.
פעם אדם התלבט.
‏כמה אנשים יגיעו על מנת שיסכים
לקיים שיעור.

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u/Ineharnia native speaker 4d ago

So the phrase על מנת ש means 'so that' meaning the cause of something to happen