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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 2 / 8 (Gen 37:32–Jdg 1:24)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:32 - and they sent the [fn]multicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, “We found this; please H4994 [fn]examine it to see whether it is your son’s tunic or not.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:16 - So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, “[fn]Here now H4994, let me have relations with you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, “What will you give me, that you may have relations with me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 38:25 - It was while she was being brought out that she sent word to her father-in-law, saying, “I am pregnant by the man to whom these things belong.” She also said, “Please H4994 examine and see, whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they said to him, “We have [fn]had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do interpretations not belong to God? Tell it to me, please H4994.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:14 - “Only [fn]keep me in mind when it goes well for you, and please H4994 do me a kindness [fn]by mentioning me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this [fn]prison.

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Then Judah approached him and said, “Oh my lord, may your servant please H4994 speak a word in my lord’s ears, and [fn]do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - “So now, please H4994 let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 -

Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please H4994 come [fn]closer to me.” And they came [fn]closer. And he said, “I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said to Pharaoh, “We have come to reside in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please H4994 let your servants live in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 -

When [fn]the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “Please H4994, if I have found favor in your sight, place your hand under my thigh now H4994 and deal with me in kindness and [fn]faithfulness: please H4994 do not bury me in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:9 - And Joseph said to his father, “They are my sons, whom God has given me here.” So he said, “Bring them to me, please H4994, so that I may bless them.”

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When the days of [fn]mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now H4994 I have found favor in your sight, please H4994 speak [fn]to Pharaoh, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now then, please H4994 let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:17 - ‘This is what you shall say to Joseph: “Please H4994 forgive, I beg you, the offense of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong.”’ And now, please H4994 forgive the offense of the servants of the God of your father.” And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:3 - So Moses said, “I must turn aside and see this [fn]marvelous sight, why the bush is not burning up!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:18 - “Then they will [fn]pay attention to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt, and you will say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please H4994 let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.’

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The LORD furthermore said to him, “Now H4994 put your hand inside the fold of your robe.” So he put his hand inside the fold, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:13 - But he said, “Please, Lord, now H4994 send the message by [fn]whomever You will.”

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Then Moses departed and returned to his father-in-law [fn]Jethro, and said to him, “Please H4994, let me go, that I may return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please H4994, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will strike us with plague or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:11 - “Not so! Go now H4994, but only the men among you, and serve the LORD, since [fn]that is what you desire.” So they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:17 - “So now, please H4994 forgive my sin only this once, and plead with the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:2 - “Speak now H4994 [fn]so that the people hear, that each man is to ask of his neighbor, and each woman of her neighbor, articles of silver and articles of gold.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:32 - “But now, if You will forgive their sin, very well; but if not, please H4994 wipe me out from Your book which You have written!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:13 - “Now then, if I have found favor in Your sight in any H4994 way H4994, please H4994 let me know Your ways so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:18 - Then Moses said, “Please H4994, show me Your glory!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - Then he said, “If in any H4994 way H4994 I have found favor in Your sight, Lord, please H4994 may the Lord go along in our midst, even though [fn]the people are so obstinate, and pardon our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us as Your own [fn]possession.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:31 - Then he said, “Please H4994 do not leave us, since you know [fn]where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:15 - “So if You are going to deal with me this way, please H4994 kill me now, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my misery.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:6 - He said,

“Now H4994 hear My words:

If there is a prophet among you,

I, the LORD, will make Myself known to him in a vision.

I will speak with him in a dream.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:11 - Then Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, I beg you, do not [fn]hold us responsible for this sin by which we have turned out to be foolish, and by which we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:12 - “Oh H4994, do not let her be like a dead person, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes out of his mother’s womb!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 12:13 - So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “God, heal her, please H4994!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:17 - “So now, please H4994, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - “Please H4994 forgive the guilt of this people in accordance with the greatness of Your mercy, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:8 -

Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now H4994, you sons of Levi:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:26 - and he spoke to the congregation, saying, “Get away now H4994 from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:10 - and Moses and Aaron summoned the assembly in front of the rock. And he said to them, “Listen now H4994, you rebels; shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:17 - ‘Please H4994 let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king’s road, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now, therefore, please H4994 come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I will be able to [fn]defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:16 - They came to Balaam and said to him, “This is what Balak the son of Zippor says: ‘I beg H4994 you, let nothing keep you from coming to me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:17 - for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please H4994 come then, curse this people for me.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:19 - “Now please H4994, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will say to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please H4994 come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be [fn]agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:25 - ‘Please H4994 let me cross over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, [fn]that good hill country, and Lebanon.’

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“Indeed, ask now H4994 about the earlier days that were [fn]before your time, since the day that God created [fn]mankind on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:12 - “Now then, please H4994 swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father’s household, and give me a pledge of [fn]truth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I implore H4994 you, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now H4994 what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:26 -

“Therefore we said, ‘Let’s [fn]build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:24 - And the spies saw a man coming out of the city, and they said to him, “Please H4994 show us the entrance to the city, and we will treat you kindly.”

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