נָא
nâʼ · H4994 · Hebrew · 404 occurrences
Meanings
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please
I pray
Examples1 Chronicles 21:13 David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into human hands.”
How it’s used
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δή dḗ · G1211 · then
- Greek δή serves as a discourse particle of emphasis or explicitness parallel to Hebrew נָא's pragmatic functions of entreaty, urgency, and speaker-addressee politeness, both functioning as untranslatable mood softeners in their respective languages' discourse systems.
Word family 1 word
This word has no family of its own: these words share its root.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4994. na I. נָא particle of entreaty or exhortation I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac…
I. נָא particle of entreaty or
exhortation I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac , ; compare Ethiopic veni, age! Di§ 160. 1 Lex:675 Köii. 244); — attached:
1 to the imperative, especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as Gen 12:13 אִמְרִינָֿא say, I pray, Gen 13:9 הִמָּרֶדֿ מֵעָלַי נָא, Gen 13:14 עֵינֶיךָ שָׂאנָֿא, Gen 15:5 השׁמימה הַבֶּטנָֿא, Gen 24:2 + often, Num 20:10 המוֺרים שׁמעונֿא, Jdg 13:4; Jdg 16:6, Jdg 16:10, Jdg 16:28; Jdg 18:5, etc., Isa 1:18; Isa 5:3; Amo 7:2, Amo 7:5; rarely in a command, Gen 22:2; Isa 7:3). Ironically, in a challenge, Isa 47:12; Job 40:10. Once anomalously attached to a substantive, or (accents) prefixed to a verb, Num 12:13 נָא֖ רְָפא נָא֛ אֵ֕ל (Ew § 246 a Di אַלנָֿא; see 3b).
2 to the perfect with waw consecutive, in a precative sense (Dr§ 119 δ) Gen 40:14.
3 to the imperfect, when leave is asked, or a prayer or desire expressed;
a. in 1 person, especially with ה cohortative, Gen 19:8 אוציאהנֿא let me, I pray, bring out, Gen 19:20 שָׁ֑מָּה אִמָּֽלְטָהנָּֿא, Gen 24:12 לְפָנַי הַקְרֵהנָֿא Gen 24:14 הַטִּינָֿא Gen 24:17; Gen 24:23; Gen 24:43; Gen 24:45; Gen 25:30; Gen 32:12, Gen 32:30 + often, Exo 3:18 נלכהנֿא let us go, I pray, Num 20:17; Isa 5:5; and in self-deliberation, Gen 18:21 ארדהנּֿא I will go down, now ! Exo 3:3 ואראה אסורהנּֿא I will turn aside, now, and see, 2Sa 14:15; Son 3:2; Isa 5:1; with אַל Job 32:21.
b. in 2 person, with אַל, in deprecation, Gen 18:3 עבדך מעל תעבר אלנֿא, Gen 19:7; Gen 47:29; Num 10:31, etc.; hence elliptical אלנֿא do not, I pray, (do this,) Gen 19:18; Gen 33:10; Num 12:13 Ew Di.
c. in 3 person, Gen 18:4 יֻקַּחנָֿא let there be brought, I pray, Gen 26:28; Gen 33:14; Gen 44:18, Gen 44:33, etc., 2Sa 14:11-12, 2Sa 14:17; 1Ki 17:21; 2Ki 2:9; Psa 7:10; Psa 118:2; Psa 118:3; ironically Isa 19:12; Isa 47:13, or defiantly Jer 17:15 where is the word of J.? נָא יָבוֺא; with אַל, Gen 13:8 מְרִיבָה תְהִי אַלנָֿא, Gen 18:30 לַאדֹנָי יִחַר אַלנָֿא, Gen 37:27; Num 12:12.
4 joined to conjunctions and interjections:
a. [אָהּנָֿא, contracted] אָ֫נָּא.
b. אַלנָֿא see above 3b, c. c. אִםנָֿא, especially in the phrase בעיניך חן מצאתי נא אם, used by one craving a favourable hearing Gen 30:27; Gen 33:10; Jdg 6:17; 1Sa 27:5, and with נא repeated in the request itself Gen 18:3; Gen 47:29; Gen 50:4; Exo 33:13; Exo 34:9; otherwise Gen 24:42.
d. הִנֵּהנָֿא behold, I pray, craving a favourable consideration of the fact pointed to by הִנֵּה, and of the request founded upon it (with which נא is often repeated), Gen 12:11; Gen 16:2; Gen 18:27, Gen 18:31; Gen 19:2, Gen 19:8, Gen 19:19, Gen 19:20; Gen 27:2; Jdg 13:3; Jdg 19:9; 1Sa 9:6; 1Sa 16:15; 2Sa 13:24; 2Ki 2:16, 2Ki 2:19; 2Ki 4:9 +, Job 13:18; Job 33:2; Job 40:15-16,.
e. (לנו) לי אוֺינָֿא Woe, now, to me (us) ! Jer 4:31; Jer 45:3; Lam 5:16.
f. אַיֵּהנָֿא where, pray ? Psa 115:2.
g. נֶגְדָּהנָּֿא, peculiarly, Psa 116:14; Psa 116:18 my vows to J. I will perform, לכלעֿמו נגדהנֿא O that (it may be) before all his people !
II. נָא
adjective see ניא.
II. נָא adjective raw, of flesh Exo 12:9 (P; opposed to בשׁל). I. נָא
[נִיב], נֵיבָ֑י נִיבָ֑י, see נוב.
נִיד v . נוד. נִירָה see II. נדד.
נָיוֺת see נוית below I. נוה.
נִיתוֺתַ נִיחֹחַ, see נוח. נִין see נון.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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