Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NASB20

NASB20

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H4994 - nā'

Choose a new font size and typeface
נָא
Transliteration
nā'
Pronunciation
naw
Listen
Part of Speech
particle
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered:
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4994 matches the Hebrew נָא (nā'),
which occurs 30 times in 28 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 -

For I heard a voice cry as of a woman in labor,

The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child.

The voice of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,

Stretching out her [fn]hands, saying,

“Ah H4994, woe to me, for [fn]I faint before murderers.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 -

“Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem,

And look and take notice.

And seek in her public squares,

If you can find a person,

If there is one who does justice, who seeks honesty,

Then I will forgive [fn]her.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:21 -

‘Now H4994 hear this, you foolish and [fn]senseless people,

Who have eyes but do not see,

Who have ears but do not hear.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:24 -

‘They do not say in their heart,

“Let us now H4994 fear the LORD our God,

Who gives rain in its season,

Both the autumn rain and the spring rain,

Who keeps for us

The appointed weeks of the harvest.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:12 -

“But go now H4994 to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the beginning, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:15 -

Look, they keep saying to me,

“Where is the word of the LORD?

Let it come now H4994!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:11 - “So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now H4994 turn back, each of you from his evil way, and [fn]correct your ways and your deeds!”’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:13 -

“Therefore this is what the LORD says:

‘Just H4994 ask among the nations,

Who ever heard anything like [fn]this?

The virgin of Israel

Has done a most appalling thing.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please H4994 inquire of the LORD in our behalf, because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us in accordance with all His [fn]wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:5 - saying, ‘Turn now H4994, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and live on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:18 - ‘But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, have them now H4994 plead with the LORD of armies that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD and the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem do not go to Babylon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:7 - “Yet hear now H4994 this word which I am going to speak [fn]so that you and all the people can hear it!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 28:15 - Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now H4994, Hananiah: the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:6 -

‘Ask now H4994, and see

If a male can give birth.

Why do I see every man

With his hands on his waist, as a woman in childbirth?

And why have all faces turned pale?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - “Then my uncle’s son Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard in accordance with the word of the LORD and said to me, ‘Buy my field, please H4994, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - “Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: ‘Turn now H4994 every person from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not follow other gods to worship them. Then you will live in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:15 - And they said to him, “Sit down, please H4994, and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:17 - Then they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please H4994, how did you write all these words? Was it [fn]at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:3 -

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and the priest Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please H4994 pray to the LORD our God in our behalf.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - “But now, please H4994 listen, my lord the king; please H4994 let my plea [fn]come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “Please H4994 have this man put to death, since he is [fn]discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and [fn]all the people, by speaking words like these to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but rather their harm.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:12 - Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now H4994 put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes”; and Jeremiah did so.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:20 - But Jeremiah said, “They will not turn you over. Please H4994 [fn]obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, so that it may go well for you and [fn]you may live.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:25 - “But if the officials hear that I have talked with you and come to you and say to you, ‘Tell us now H4994 what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us and we will not put you to death,’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know! Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:2 - and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Please H4994 let our pleading [fn]come before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God for all this remnant—since we have been left only a few out of many, just as your own eyes now see us—

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:4 - ‘Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying, “Oh H4994, do not do this abominable thing which I hate.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - ‘You said, “Oh H4994, woe to me! For the LORD has added grief to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NASB20
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NASB20
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan