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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 4 / 8 (1Sa 22:12–1Ki 13:6)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:12 - And Saul said, “Listen now H4994, son of Ahitub.” And he [fn]answered, “Here I am, my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:11 - “Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your slave has heard? O Yahweh, the God of Israel, I pray H4994, tell Your slave.” And Yahweh said, “He will come down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:22 - “Go now H4994, make more sure, and know and see his place—where his very foot is—and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very crafty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - ‘Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a [fn]festive day. Please H4994 give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son, to David.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And she fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please H4994 let your maidservant speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please H4994 do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this [fn]vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [fn]Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please H4994 forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has surrendered your enemy into your hand; so now, please H4994 let me strike him with the spear [fn]to the ground with one stroke, and I will not [fn]strike him the second time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - “Yahweh forbid that I should send forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh; but now please H4994 take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “So now, please H4994 let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

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Then David said to Achish, “If now H4994 I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now also, please H4994 listen to the voice of your servant-woman, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way.”

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Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please H4994 bring the ephod near to me.” So Abiathar brought the ephod near to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - And David said to him, “How did things go? Tell me now H4994.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “Then he said to me, ‘Please H4994 stand beside me and put me to death, for agony has seized me because my [fn]life still lingers in me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:14 - Then Abner said to Joab, “Now H4994 let the young men arise and [fn]hold a contest before us.” And Joab said, “Let them arise.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:2 - that the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now H4994, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of God inhabits tent curtains.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:5 - Jonadab then said to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; and your father will come to see you, and you will say to him, ‘Please H4994 let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:6 - So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; and the king came to see him, and Amnon said to the king, “Please H4994 let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.”

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Then David sent to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now H4994 to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare food for him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - “As for me, where could I [fn]get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. So now, please H4994 speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:17 - Then he called his young man who attended him and said, “Now H4994 cast this woman out of my presence, and lock the door behind her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - And Absalom came to the king and said, “Behold now H4994, your servant has sheepshearers; please H4994 let the king and his servants go with your servant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son, we should not all go, for we will be burdensome to you.” Although he [fn]urged him, he was not willing to go, but blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, “If not, please H4994 let my brother Amnon go with us.” And the king said to him, “Why should he go with you?”

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Then Absalom commanded his young men, saying, “See now H4994, when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then put him to death. Do not fear; have not I myself commanded you? Be strong and be [fn]valiant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there and said to her, “Please H4994 pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now H4994, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “Please H4994 let the king remember Yahweh your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to bring about ruin, so that they would not destroy my son.” And he said, “As Yahweh lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

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Then the woman said, “Please H4994 let your servant-woman speak a word to my lord the king.” And he said, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “So now, [fn]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your servant-woman said, ‘Let me now H4994 speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the word of his maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your servant-woman said, ‘Please H4994 let the word of my lord the king be a resting place, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to listen with discernment through the good and evil. And may Yahweh your God be with you.’”

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Then the king answered and said to the woman, “Please H4994 do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you.” And the woman said, “Let my lord the king please H4994 speak.”

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Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now H4994, I have done this thing; go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom.”

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Now it happened at the end of [fn]forty years that Absalom said to the king, “Please H4994 let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now David informed them, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “O Yahweh, I pray H4994, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

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Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me pass over now H4994 and remove his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:1

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Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please H4994 let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

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Then Absalom said, “Call now H4994 Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what is also in his mouth.”

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Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please H4994 let me run and proclaim the good news to the king that Yahweh has judged to save him from the hand of his enemies.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - Now Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, “But whatever happens, please H4994 let me also run after the Cushite.” And Joab said, “Why would you run, my son, since you will have no reward for going?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - “Please H4994 let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham, let him pass over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - Then a wise woman called from the city, “Hear, hear! Please H4994 tell Joab, ‘Draw near that I may speak with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:2 - So the king said to Joab the commander of the military force who was with him, “Go about now H4994 through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and [fn]take a census of the people, that I may know the total count of the people.”

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Then David’s heart struck him after he had counted the people. So David said to Yahweh, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Yahweh, please H4994 [fn]take away the iniquity of Your slave, for I have acted very foolishly.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us now H4994 fall into the hand of Yahweh, for His compassions are abundant. But do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who was striking down the people, and said, “Behold, it is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done unrighteousness; but these sheep, what have they done? Please H4994 let Your hand be against me and my father’s house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:12 - “So now come, please H4994 let me give you counsel and provide escape for your life and the life of your son Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:17 - Then he said, “Please H4994 speak to Solomon the king, for he will not [fn]turn you away, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:26 - “So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly H4994 [fn]endure which You have spoken to Your [fn]servant, my father David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - Then the king answered and said to the man of God, “Please H4994 [fn]entreat Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]entreated Yahweh, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.

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