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Lexicon :: Strong's H4994 - nā'

Aa
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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - And he said to him, Take your son, your dearly loved only son Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah and give him as a burned offering on one of the mountains of which I will give you knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - And Abraham said to his chief servant, the manager of all his property, Come now, put your hand under my leg:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - Now, may the girl to whom I say, Let down your vessel and give me a drink, and who says in answer, Here is a drink for you and let me give water to your camels: may she be the one marked out by you for your servant Isaac: so may I be certain that you have been good to my master Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - And said to her, Whose daughter are you? is there room in your father's house for us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 - And I came today to the water-spring, and I said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if it is your purpose to give a good outcome to my journey,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 - And even while I was saying this to myself, Rebekah came out with her vessel on her arm; and she went down to the spring to get water; and I said to her, Give me a drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - And he said, See now, I am old, and my death may take place at any time:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 - Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - Be my saviour from the hand of Esau, my brother: for my fear is that he will make an attack on me, putting to death mother and child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - Then Jacob said, What is your name? And he said, What is my name to you? Then he gave him a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Take my offering then, with my blessing; for God has been very good to me and I have enough: so at his strong request, he took it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - Do you, my lord, go on before your servant; I will come on slowly, at the rate at which the cattle and the children are able to go, till I come to my lord at Seir.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 - And Esau said, Then keep some of my men with you. And he said, What need is there for that, if my lord is pleased with me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 - But Hamor said to them, Shechem, my son, is full of desire for your daughter: will you then give her to him for a wife?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - And he said to them, Let me give you the story of my dream.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.

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