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Lexicon :: Strong's H4994 - nā'

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נָא
Transliteration
nā'
Pronunciation
naw
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Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered:
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TWOT Reference: 1269

Strong’s Definitions

נָא nâʼ, naw; a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction:—I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H4994 in the following manner: now, I beseech ..., I pray ..., Oh, go to.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H4994 in the following manner: now, I beseech ..., I pray ..., Oh, go to.

  1. I (we) pray, now, please

    1. used in entreaty or exhortation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נָא nâʼ, naw; a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction:—I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
STRONGS H4994: Abbreviations
I. נָא particle of entreaty or exhortation I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac acn, Wcn; compare Ethiopic ነዲ፡ veni, age! Di§ 160.1 Lex675 Köii. 244); — attached:
1. to the imperative, especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as Genesis 12:13 אִמְרִי־נָא say, I pray, Genesis 13:9 הִפָּרֶד־ מֵעָלַי נָא, Genesis 13:14 שָׂא־נָא עֵינֶיךָ, Genesis 15:5 הַבֶּט־נָא השׁמימה, Genesis 24:2 + often, Numbers 20:10 שׁמעו־נא המוֺרים, Judges 13:4; Judges 16:6, 10, 28; Judges 18:5, etc., Isaiah 1:18; Isaiah 5:3; Amos 7:2, 5; rarely in a command, Genesis 22:2; Isaiah 7:3). Ironically, in a challenge, Isaiah 47:12; Job 40:10. Once anomalously attached to a substantive, or (accents) prefixed to a verb, Numbers 12:13 אֵ֕ל נָא֛ רְָפָ֥א נָא֖ (Ew § 246 a Di אַל־נָא; see 3b).
2. to the perfect with waw consecutive, in a precative sense (Dr§ 119 δ) Genesis 40:14.
3. to the imperfect, when leave is asked, or a prayer or desire expressed;
a. in 1st person, especially with ה cohortative, Genesis 19:8 אוציאה־נא let me, I pray, bring out, Genesis 19:20 אִמָּֽלְטָה־נָּא שָׁ֑מָּה, Genesis 24:12 הַקְרֵה־נָא לְפָנַי Genesis 24:14 הַטִּי־נָא Genesis 24:17; Genesis 24:23; Genesis 24:43; Genesis 24:45; Genesis 25:30; Genesis 32:12, 30 + often, Exodus 3:18 נלכה־נא let us go, I pray, Numbers 20:17; Isaiah 5:5; and in self-deliberation, Genesis 18:21 ארדה־נּא I will go down, now ! Exodus 3:3 אסורה־נּא ואראה I will turn aside, now, and see, 2 Samuel 14:15; Songs 3:2; Isaiah 5:1; with אַל Job 32:21.
b. in 2nd person, with אַל, in deprecation, Genesis 18:3 אל־נא תעבר מעל עבדך, Genesis 19:7; Genesis 47:29; Numbers 10:31, etc.; hence elliptical אל־נא do not, I pray, (do this,) Genesis 19:18; Genesis 33:10; Numbers 12:13 Ew Di.
c. in 3rd person, Genesis 18:4 יֻקַּח־נָא let there be brought, I pray, Genesis 26:28; Genesis 33:14; Genesis 44:18, 33, etc., 2 Samuel 14:11, 12, 17; 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 2:9; Psalm 7:10; Psalm 118:2; Psalm 118:3; ironically Isaiah 19:12; Isaiah 47:13, or defiantly Jeremiah 17:15 where is the word of J.? יָבוֺא נָא; with אַל, Genesis 13:8 אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה, Genesis 18:30 אַל־נָא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי, Genesis 37:27; Numbers 12:12.
4. joined to conjunctions and interjections:
a. [אָהּ־נָא, contracted] H577 אָ֫נָּא.
b. אַל־נָא see above 3b, c.
c. אִם־נָא, especially in the phrase אם נא מצאתי חן בעיניך, used by one craving a favourable hearing Genesis 30:27; Genesis 33:10; Judges 6:17; 1 Samuel 27:5, and with נא repeated in the request itself Genesis 18:3; Genesis 47:29; Genesis 50:4; Exodus 33:13; Exodus 34:9; otherwise Genesis 24:42.
d. הִנֵּה־נָא 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), Genesis 12:11; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 18:27, 31; Genesis 19:2, 8, 19, 20; Genesis 27:2; Judges 13:3; Judges 19:9; 1 Samuel 9:6; 1 Samuel 16:15; 2 Samuel 13:24; 2 Kings 2:16, 19; 2 Kings 4:9 +, Job 13:18; Job 33:2; Job 40:15, 16.
e. (לנו) אוֺי־נָא לי Woe, now, to me (us) ! Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 5:16.
f. אַיֵּה־נָא where, pray ? Psalm 115:2.
g. נֶגְדָּה־נָּא, peculiarly, Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18 my vows to J. I will perform, נגדה־נא לכל־עמו O that (it may be) before all his people !

† II. נָא adjective raw, of flesh Exodus 12:9 (P; opposed to H1311 בשׁל). I. נָא above.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:11; 12:13; 13:8; 13:9; 13:14; 15:5; 16:2; 18:3; 18:3; 18:4; 18:21; 18:27; 18:30; 18:31; 19:2; 19:7; 19:8; 19:8; 19:18; 19:19; 19:20; 19:20; 22:2; 24:2; 24:12; 24:14; 24:17; 24:23; 24:42; 24:43; 24:45; 25:30; 26:28; 27:2; 30:27; 32:12; 32:30; 33:10; 33:10; 33:14; 37:27; 40:14; 44:18; 44:33; 47:29; 47:29; 50:4

Exodus

3:3; 3:18; 12:9; 33:13; 34:9

Numbers

10:31; 12:12; 12:13; 12:13; 20:10; 20:17

Judges

6:17; 13:3; 13:4; 16:6; 16:10; 16:28; 18:5; 19:9

1 Samuel

9:6; 16:15; 27:5

2 Samuel

13:24; 14:11; 14:12; 14:15; 14:17

1 Kings

17:21

2 Kings

2:9; 2:16; 2:19; 4:9

Job

13:18; 32:21; 33:2; 40:10; 40:15; 40:16

Psalms

7:10; 115:2; 116:14; 116:18; 118:2; 118:3

Song of Songs

3:2

Isaiah

1:18; 5:1; 5:3; 5:5; 7:3; 19:12; 47:12; 47:13

Jeremiah

4:31; 17:15; 45:3

Lamentations

5:16

Amos

7:2; 7:5

H4994

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Strong's Number H4994 matches the Hebrew נָא (nā'),
which occurs 403 times in 374 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 8 (Gen 12:11–Gen 37:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - And it came to pass when Abram drew nigh to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that thou art a fair woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of thee, and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are [fn]brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Lo! is not the whole land before thee? Separate thyself from me; if thou goest to the left, I will go to the right, and if thou goest to the right, I will go to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, [fn] Thus shall thy seed be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sara said to Abram, Behold, the Lord has restrained me from bearing, go therefore in to my maid, that I may get children for myself through her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh yourselves under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will therefore go down and see, if they completely [fn]correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - Lo! my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and rest from your journey, and wash your feet, and having risen early in the morning ye shall depart on your journey. And they said, Nay, but we will lodge in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said to them, By no means, brethren, do not act villanously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - But I have two daughters, who have not known a man. I will bring them out to you, and do ye use them as it may please you, only do not injury to these men, to avoid which they came under the shelter of my [fn]roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - And Lot said to them, I pray, Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - since thy servant has found mercy before thee, and thou hast magnified thy righteousness, in what thou doest towards me that my soul may live,—but I shall not be able to escape to the mountain, lest perhaps the calamity overtake me and I die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - Behold this city is near for me to escape thither, which is a small one, and there shall I be preserved, is it not little? and my soul shall live because of thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And he said, Take thy son, the beloved one, whom thou hast loved—Isaac, and go into the high land, and offer him there for a whole-burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraam said to his servant the elder of his house, who had rule over all his possessions, Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - And he said, O Lord God of my master Abraam, prosper my way before me to day, and deal mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - And it shall be, the virgin to whomsoever I shall say, Incline thy water-pot, that I may drink, and she shall say, Drink thou, and I will give thy camels drink, until they shall have done drinking—even this one thou hast prepared for thy servant Isaac, and hereby shall I know that thou hast dealt mercifully with my master Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - And he asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? Tell me if there is room for us to lodge with thy father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - And having come this day to the well, I said, Lord God of my master Abraam, if thou prosperest my journey on which I am now going,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold, I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come forth to draw water, and it shall be that the damsel to whom I shall say, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightway Rebecca came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Let me taste of that red pottage, because I am fainting; therefore his name was called Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - And they said, We have surely seen that the Lord was with thee, and we said, Let there be an oath between us and thee, and we will make a covenant with thee,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - And he said, Behold, I am grown old, and know not the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - Now then take thy weapons, both thy quiver and thy bow, and go into the plain, and get me venison,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - And go to the cattle and take for me thence two kids, tender and good, and I will make them meats for thy father, as he likes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy first-born, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - And Isaac said to Jacob, Draw nigh to me, and I will feel thee, son, if thou art my son Esau or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - And Isaac his father said to him, Draw nigh to me, and kiss me, son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - And Ruben went in the day of barley-harvest, and found apples of mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Lea; and Rachel said to Lea her sister, Give me of thy son's mandrakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban said to him, If I have found grace in thy sight, [fn]I would augur well, for the Lord has blessed me at thy coming in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, Look up with thine eyes, and behold the he-goats and the rams leaping on the sheep and the she-goats, speckled and variegated and spotted with ash-coloured spots; for I have seen all things that Laban does to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - (LXX 32:12) Deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, for I am afraid of him, lest haply he should come and smite me, and the mother upon the children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - (LXX 32:30) And Jacob asked and said, Tell me thy name; and he said, Wherefore dost thou ask after my name? and he blessed him there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, If I have found grace in thy sight, receive the gifts through my hands; therefore have I seen thy face, as if any one should see the face of God, and thou shalt be well-pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Let my lord go on before his servant, and I shall have strength on the road according to the ease of the journey before me, and according to the [fn]strength of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau said, I will leave with thee some of the people who are with me. And he said, Why so? it is enough that I have found favour before thee, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - And Emmor spoke to them, saying, Sychem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And Israel said to him, Go and see if thy brethren and the sheep are well, and bring me word; and he sent him out of the valley of Chebron, and he came to Sychem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, I am seeking my brethren; tell me where they feed their flocks.

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