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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 - It happened, when he was come near to enter into Mitzrayim, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - The LORD said to Avram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - The LORD brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Avram, "So shall your seed be."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - Sarai said to Avram," See now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Avram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - Avraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Yitzchak, and go into the land of Moriyah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Avraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - He said, "The LORD, the God of my master Avraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Avraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Yitzchak. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - I came this day to the spring, and said, 'The LORD, the God of my master Avraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the almah who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rivka came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - Esav said to Ya`akov, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They said, "We saw plainly that the LORD was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Ya`akov said to his father, "I am Esav your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - Yitzchak said to Ya`akov, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esav or not."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - His father Yitzchak said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - Re'uven went in the days of wheat harvest, and found dudaim in the field, and brought them to his mother, Le'ah. Then Rachel said to Le'ah, "Please give me some of your son's dudaim."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - Lavan said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that the LORD has blessed me for your sake."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Lavan does to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esav: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - Ya`akov asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Ya`akov said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Se`ir."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - Esav said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shekhem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hevron, and he came to Shekhem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."

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