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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:
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.
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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 6 / 8 (1Ch 29:20–Sng 3:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:20 - Then David said to all the assembly, “Now H4994 bless the LORD your God.” And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the LORD and to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:40 - “Now, O my God, I pray, H4994 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:4 - Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please H4994 inquire [fn]first for the word of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:12 - Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, “Behold, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. So please H4994 let your word be like one of them and speak favorably.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:14 - “Let our leaders [fn]represent the whole assembly and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:6 - let Your ear now H4994 be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father’s house have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:8 - “Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:11 - “O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to [fn]revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man.” Now I was the cupbearer to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:10 - “And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, H4994 let us leave off this usury.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:11 - “Please, H4994 give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:11 - “But put forth Your hand now H4994 and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:5 - “However, put forth Your hand now, H4994 and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:7 - “Remember now, H4994 who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - “Call now, H4994 is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - “Desist now, H4994 let there be no injustice;
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:8 - “Please H4994 inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9 - ‘Remember now, H4994 that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - “But now H4994 ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:6 - “Please H4994 hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:18 - “Behold now, H4994 I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:3 - “Lay down, now, H4994 a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [fn]be my guarantor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:10 - “But come again all of [fn]you now, H4994
For I do not find a wise man among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:21 - “[fn]Yield now H4994 and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:22 - “Please H4994 receive [fn]instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21 - “Let me now H4994 be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:1 - “However now, Job, please H4994 hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:2 - “Behold now, H4994 I open my mouth,
My tongue in my [fn]mouth speaks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:3 - “Now H4994 gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:7 - “Now H4994 gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:10 - “Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:15 - “Behold now, H4994 [fn]Behemoth, which I made [fn]as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:16 - “Behold now, H4994 his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:4 - ‘Hear, now, H4994 and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:9 - O H4994 let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous;
For the righteous God tries the hearts and [fn]minds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:22 - “Now H4994 consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:14 - O God of hosts, turn again now, H4994 we beseech H4994 You;
Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 115:2 - Why should the nations say,
“Where, now, H4994 is their God?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:14 - I shall pay my vows to the LORD,
Oh H4994 may it be in the presence of all His people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:18 - I shall pay my vows to the LORD,
Oh H4994 may it be in the presence of all His people,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:2 - Oh H4994 let Israel say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:3 - Oh H4994 let the house of Aaron say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:4 - Oh H4994 let those who [fn]fear the LORD say,
“His lovingkindness is everlasting.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 118:25 - O LORD, do save, we beseech You;
O LORD, we beseech You, do send prosperity!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:76 - O H4994 may H4994 Your lovingkindness [fn]comfort me,
According to Your [fn]word to Your servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:108 - O H4994 accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me Your ordinances.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 122:8 - For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now H4994 say, “May peace be within you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A Song of Ascents, of David.
“Had it not been the LORD who was on our side,”
Let Israel now H4994 say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:1 - A Song of Ascents.
“[fn]Many times they have [fn]persecuted me from my youth up,”
Let Israel now H4994 say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said [fn]to myself, “Come now, H4994 I will test you with pleasure. So [fn]enjoy yourself.” And behold, it too was futility.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:2 - ‘[fn]I must arise now H4994 and [fn]go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
[fn]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.

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