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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 36 times in 33 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:9 - “And he said to me, ‘Please H4994 stand next to me and finish me off, for [fn]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 have the young men arise and hold a martial skills match in our presence.” And Joab said, “Have 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 live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God remains within the tent.”

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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; when your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please H4994 have my sister Tamar come and give me food to eat, and have her prepare the [fn]food in my sight, so 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; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please H4994 have my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of pastries in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:7

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Then David sent a messenger to the house for Tamar, saying, “Go now H4994 to your brother Amnon’s house, and prepare [fn]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 shame? And as for you, you will be like one of the [fn]fools in Israel. Now then, please H4994 speak to the king, for he will not [fn]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 throw 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; may the king and his servants please H4994 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, so that we will not be a burden to you.” Though he urged him, he would not go; but he blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:26

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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - So Joab sent a messenger to Tekoa and [fn]brought a wise woman from there, and said to her, “Please H4994 follow mourning rites, 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 for many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:11 - Then she said, “May the king please H4994 remember the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son.” And he said, “As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:12

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Then the woman said, “Please H4994 let your servant 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 - “Now then, [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 said, ‘Let me now H4994 speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the [fn]request of his slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your servant said, ‘Please H4994 let the word of my lord the king be [fn]comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the LORD your God be with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:18

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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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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:21

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Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now H4994, I [fn]will certainly do this thing; go then, bring back the young man Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:7

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Now it came about at the end of [fn]four years that Absalom said to the king, “Please H4994 let me go and pay my vow which I have made to the LORD, in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now someone informed David, saying, “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” And David said, “LORD, please H4994 make the advice of Ahithophel foolish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 -

Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Now H4994 let me go over and [fn]cut off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:1

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Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Please H4994 let me choose twelve thousand men and let me set out and pursue David tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:5

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Nevertheless, Absalom said, “Now H4994 call Hushai the Archite also, and let’s hear what [fn]he has to say.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:19

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Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Please H4994 let me run and bring the king news that the LORD has [fn]freed him from the hand of his enemies!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:22 - However, 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 messenger’s reward for going?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - “Please H4994 let your servant return, so 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 cross 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 out from the city, “Listen, listen! Please H4994 tell Joab, ‘Come here 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 army, who was with him, “Roam about now H4994 through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and conduct a census of the people, so that I may know the number of the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:10

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Now David’s heart [fn]troubled him after he had counted the people. So David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, LORD, please H4994 [fn]overlook the guilt of Your servant, 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 the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into human hands.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David spoke to the LORD 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 wrong; but these sheep, what have they done? Please H4994 let Your hand be against me and against my father’s house!”
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