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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 Lex675ii. 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.
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:11 - It came H1961 about H1961, when H834 he [fn]was approaching H7126 H935 Egypt H4714, that he said H559 to his wife H802 Sarai H8297, “See H2009 now H4994, I know H3045 that you are a [fn]beautiful H3303 woman H802;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:13 - “Please H4994 say H559 that you are my sister H269 so H4616 that H4616 it may go H3190 well H3190 for me because H5668 of you, and that [fn]I may live H2421 on account H1558 of you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 -

So Abram H87 said H559 to Lot H3876, “Please H4994 let there be no H408 strife H4808 between H996 you and me, nor between H996 my herdsmen H7462 and your herdsmen H7462, for we are relatives H251!

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:9 - “Is the entire H3605 land H776 not before H6440 you? Please H4994 separate H6504 from me; if H518 you choose the left H8040, then I will go H3231 to the right H3231; or if H518 you choose the right H3225, then I will go H8041 to the left H8041.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 -

The LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram H87, after H310 Lot H3876 had separated H6504 from him, “Now H4994 raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and look H7200 from the place H4725 where H834 H8033 you are, northward H6828 and southward H5045, and eastward H6924 and westward H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:5 - And He took H3318 him outside H2351 and said H559, “Now H4994 look H5027 toward the heavens H8064 and count H5608 the stars H3556, if H518 you are H3201 able H3201 to count H5608 them.” And He said H559 to him, “So H3541 shall your [fn]descendants H2233 be.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - and said H559, “[fn]My Lord H113, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in Your sight H5869, please H4994 do not [fn]pass H5674 Your servant H5650 by.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:4 - “Please H4994 let a little H4592 water H4325 be brought H3947 and wash H7364 [fn]your feet H7272, and make H8172 yourselves H8172 comfortable H8172 under H8478 the tree H6086;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:21 - “I will go H3381 down H3381 now H4994 and see H7200 whether they have done H6213 entirely H3605 as the outcry H6818, which has come H935 to Me indicates; and if H518 not, I will know H3045.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham H85 replied H6030, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136, although I am only dust H6083 and ashes H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696; suppose H194 thirty H7970 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there H8033.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said H559, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136; suppose H194 twenty H6242 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the twenty H6242.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696 only H389 this H6471 once H6471: suppose H194 ten H6235 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the ten H6235.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:2 - And he said H559, “Now H4994 behold H2009, my lords H136, please H4994 turn H5493 aside H5493 into your servant’s H5650 house H1004, and spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885, and wash H7364 your feet H7272; then you may rise H7925 early H7925 and go H1980 on your way H1870.” They said H559, “No H3808, but we shall spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in the public H7339 square H7339.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - and said H559, “Please H4994, my brothers H251, do not act H7489 wickedly H7489.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - “Now H4994 look H2009, I have two H8147 daughters H1323 who H834 have not [fn]had H3045 relations H3045 with any man H376; please H4994 let me bring H3318 them out H3318 to you, and do H6213 to them [fn]whatever H2896 H5869 you like H2896 H5869; only H7534 do not do H6213 anything H1697 to these H411 men H376, because H3588 H5921 H3651 they have come H935 under the [fn]shelter H6738 of my roof H6982.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - But Lot H3876 said H559 to them, “Oh H4994 no H408, my lords H136!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:19 - “Now H4994 behold H2009, your servant H5650 has found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, and you have magnified H1431 your compassion H2617, which H834 you have shown H6213 me by saving H2421 my life H5315; but I cannot H3201 H3808 escape H4422 to the [fn]mountains H2022, for the disaster H7451 will overtake H1692 me and I will die H4191;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - now H4994 behold H2009, this H2088 town H5892 is near H7138 enough to flee H5127 to, and it is small H4705. Please H4994, let me escape H4422 there H8033 (is it not small H4705?) [fn]so that my life H5315 may be saved H2421.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - Then He said H559, “Take H3947 now H4994 your son H1121, your only H3173 son H3173, whom H834 you love H157, Isaac H3327, and go H1980 to the land H776 of Moriah H4179, and offer H5927 him there H8033 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 on one H259 of the mountains H2022 of which H834 I will tell H559 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:2 - Abraham H85 said H559 to his servant H5650, the oldest H2205 of his household H1004 who was H4910 in H4910 charge H4910 of all H3605 that he owned, “Please H4994 place H7760 your hand H3027 under H8478 my thigh H3409,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:12 - And he said H559, “LORD H3068, God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, please H4994 [fn]grant H7136 me success H7136 today H3117, and show H6213 kindness H2617 to my master H113 Abraham H85.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:14 - now may it be that the young H5291 woman H5291 to whom H834 I say H559, ‘Please H4994 let H5186 down H5186 your jar H3537 so that I may drink H8354,’ and [fn]who answers H559, ‘Drink H8354, and I will water H8248 your camels H1581 also H1571’—may she be the one whom You have appointed H3198 for Your servant H5650 Isaac H3327; and by this I will know H3045 that You have shown H6213 kindness H2617 to my master H113.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:17 - Then the servant H5650 ran H7323 to meet H7122 her, and said H559, “Please H4994 let me drink H1572 a little H4592 water H4325 from your jar H3537.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 - and he said H559, “Whose H4310 daughter H1323 are you? Please H4994 tell H5046 me, is H3426 there H3426 room H4725 for us to stay H3885 overnight H3885 at your father’s H1 house H1004?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:42 -

“So I came H935 today H3117 to the spring H5869, and said H559, ‘LORD H3068, God H430 of my master H113 Abraham H85, if H518 now H4994 You will make H6743 my journey H1870 on which H834 I have been going H1980 successful H6743;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:43 - behold H2009, I am standing H5324 by the [fn]spring H5869, and may it be that the [fn]young H5959 unmarried H5959 woman H5959 who comes H3318 out H3318 to draw H7579 water, and to whom I say H559, “Please H4994 let H8248 me drink H8248 a little H4592 water H4325 from your jar H3537”;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:45 -

“Before H2962 I had finished H3615 speaking H1696 in my heart H3820, behold H2009, Rebekah H7259 came H3318 out H3318 with her jar H3537 on her shoulder H7926, and went H3381 down H3381 to the spring H5869 and drew H7579 water, and I said H559 to her, ‘Please H4994 let H8248 me drink H8248.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:30 - and Esau H6215 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 let me have H3938 a H3938 mouthful H3938 of [fn]that red H122 stuff H123 there, for I am exhausted H5889.” Therefore H5921 H3651 he was called H7121 [fn]Edom H123 by name H8034.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They said H559, “We have seen H7200 plainly H7200 that the LORD H3068 has been H1961 with you; so we said H559, ‘An oath H423 must now H4994 be taken [fn]by us,’ that is, [fn]by you and us. So let us make H3772 a covenant H1285 with you,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:2 - Then [fn]Isaac said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I am H2204 old H2204 and I do not know H3045 the day H3117 of my death H4194.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:3 - “Now H6258 then, please H4994 take H5375 your gear H3627, your quiver H8522 and your bow H7198, and go H3318 out H3318 to the field H7704 and hunt H6679 game H6718 for me;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 - “Go H1980 now H4994 to the flock H6629 and [fn]bring H3947 me two H8147 choice H2896 [fn]young H1423 H5795 goats H1423 H5795 from there H8033, so that I may prepare H6213 them as a delicious H4303 meal H4303 for your father H1, such H834 as H834 he loves H157.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 - Jacob H3290 said H559 to his father H1, “I am Esau H6215 your firstborn H1060; I have done H6213 as you told H1696 me. Come H6965 now H4994, sit H3427 and eat H398 of my game H6718, so H5668 that H5668 [fn]you may bless H1288 me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:21 - Then Isaac H3327 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Please H4994 come H5066 close H5066, so that I may feel H4184 you, my son H1121, whether you are really H2088 my son H1121 Esau H6215 or H518 not.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 - Then his father H1 Isaac H3327 said H559 to him, “Please H4994 come H5066 close H5066 and kiss H5401 me, my son H1121.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:14 -

Now in the days H3117 of wheat H2406 harvest H7105 Reuben H7205 went H1980 and found H4672 mandrake H1736 fruits H1736 in the field H7704, and brought H935 them to his mother H517 Leah H3812. Then Rachel H7354 said H559 to Leah H3812, “Please H4994 give H5414 me some H4480 of your son’s H1121 mandrakes H1736.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:27 - But Laban H3837 said H559 to him, “If H518 [fn]it pleases H4672 H2580 you at H4994 all H4994, stay with me; I have determined H5172 by H5172 divination H5172 that the LORD H3068 has blessed H1288 me on your account H1558.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:12 - “He said H559, ‘Now H4994 raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and see H7200 that all H3605 the male H6260 goats H6260 that are [fn]mating H5927 are striped H6124, speckled H5348, or mottled H1261; for I have seen H7200 everything H3605 that Laban H3837 has been doing H6213 to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:11 - “Save H5337 me, please H4994, from the hand H3027 of my brother H251, from the hand H3027 of Esau H6215; for I fear H3372 him, that he will come H935 and [fn]attack H5221 me and the mothers H517 with the children H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:29 - And Jacob H3290 asked H7592 him and said H559, “Please H4994 tell H5046 me your name H8034.” But he said H559, “Why H4100 is it that you ask H7592 my name H8034?” And he blessed H1288 him there H8033.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - Jacob H3290 said H559, “No H408, please H4994, if H518 now H4994 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, then accept H3947 my gift H4503 from my hand H3027, [fn]for I see H7200 your face H6440 as one sees H7200 the face H6440 of God H430, and you have received H7521 me favorably H7521.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - “Please H4994 accept H3947 my [fn]gift H1293 which H834 has been brought H935 to you, because H3588 God H430 has dealt H2603 graciously H2603 with me and because H3588 I have H3426 [fn]plenty H3605.” So he urged H6484 him, and he accepted H3947 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:14 - “Please H4994 let my lord H113 pass H5674 on H5674 ahead H6440 of his servant H5650, and I will proceed H5095 at my leisure H328, at the pace H7272 of the cattle H4399 that are ahead H6440 of me and at the pace H7272 of the children H3206, until H5704 H834 I come H935 to my lord H113 at Seir H8165.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:15 -

Then Esau H6215 said H559, “Please H4994 let me leave H3322 with you some H4480 of the people H5971 who H834 are with me.” But he said H559, “[fn]What H4100 need is there? Let me find H4672 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of my lord H113.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:8 -

But Hamor H2544 spoke H1696 with them, saying H559, “The soul H5315 of my son H1121 Shechem H7927 longs H2836 for your daughter H1323; please H4994 give H5414 her to him [fn]in marriage H802.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:6 - He said H559 to them, “Please H4994 listen H8085 to this H2088 dream H2472 which H834 I have [fn]had H2492;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - Then he said H559 to him, “Go H1980 now H4994 and see H7200 about H7200 the welfare H7965 of your brothers H251 and the welfare H7965 of the flock H6629, and bring H7725 word H1697 back H7725 to me.” So he sent H7971 him from the Valley H6010 of Hebron H2275, and he came H935 to Shechem H7927.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:16 - He said H559, “I am looking H1245 for H1245 my brothers H251; please H4994 tell H5046 me where H375 they are pasturing H7462 the flock.

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