נָא
please
also: I pray, now fuller range ↓
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Grammatical forms
- Particle, Exhortation 332 times (82%)
- Particle, Interjection 71 times (18%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 403 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Genesis 64 verses
- Genesis 12:11 נָ֣א ptcl exh It happened, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look on.
- Genesis 12:13 נָ֖א ptcl exh Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
- Genesis 13:8 נָ֨א ptcl exh Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
- Genesis 13:9 נָ֖א ptcl exh Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left."
- Genesis 13:14 נָ֤א ptcl exh Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
- Genesis 15:5 נָ֣א ptcl exh Yahweh brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." He said to Abram, "So shall your seed be."
- Genesis 16:2 נָ֞א נָא֙ ptcl exh ptcl exh Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 18:3 נָ֨א נָ֥א ptcl exh ptcl exh and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.
- Genesis 18:4 נָ֣א ptcl exh Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
- Genesis 18:21 נָּ֣א ptcl intj I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 18:27 נָ֤א ptcl exh Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.
- Genesis 18:30 נָ֞א ptcl exh He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."
- Genesis 18:31 נָ֤א ptcl exh He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."
- Genesis 18:32 נָ֞א ptcl exh He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."
- Genesis 19:2 נָּא נָ֠א ptcl intj ptcl exh and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
- Genesis 19:7 נָ֥א ptcl exh He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
- Genesis 19:8 נָ֨א נָּ֤א ptcl exh ptcl intj See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."
- Genesis 19:18 נָ֖א ptcl exh Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.
- Genesis 19:19 נָ֠א ptcl exh See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.
- Genesis 19:20 נָ֠א נָּ֜א ptcl exh ptcl intj See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."
- Genesis 22:2 נָ֠א ptcl exh He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
- Genesis 24:2 נָ֥א ptcl exh Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.
- Genesis 24:12 נָ֥א ptcl exh He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
- Genesis 24:14 נָ֤א ptcl exh Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink.' She will say, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink.' Let the same be she who you have appointed for your servant Isaac. Thereby will I know that you have shown kindness to my master."
- Genesis 24:17 נָ֛א ptcl exh The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."
- Genesis 24:23 נָ֖א ptcl exh and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
- Genesis 24:42 נָּא֙ ptcl intj I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.
- Genesis 24:43 נָ֥א ptcl exh Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, Give me, I pray you, a little water from your pitcher to drink.
- Genesis 24:45 נָֽא ptcl exh Before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'
- Genesis 25:30 נָא֙ ptcl exh Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
- Genesis 26:28 נָ֥א ptcl exh They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,
- Genesis 27:2 נָ֖א ptcl exh He said, "See now, I am old. I don't know the day of my death.
- Genesis 27:3 נָ֣א ptcl exh Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
- Genesis 27:9 נָא֙ ptcl exh Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
- Genesis 27:19 נָ֣א ptcl exh Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 27:21 נָּ֥א ptcl intj Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not."
- Genesis 27:26 נָּ֥א ptcl intj His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
- Genesis 30:14 נָ֣א ptcl exh Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother, Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes."
- Genesis 30:27 נָ֛א ptcl exh Laban said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, stay here, for I have divined that Yahweh has blessed me for your sake."
- Genesis 31:12 נָ֨א ptcl exh He said, 'Now lift up your eyes, and behold, all the male goats which leap on the flock are streaked, speckled, and grizzled, for I have seen all that Laban does to you.
- Genesis 32:11 נָ֛א ptcl exh Please deliver me from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and strike me, and the mothers with the children.
- Genesis 32:29 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Jacob asked him, "Please tell me your name." He said, "Why is it that you ask what my name is?" He blessed him there.
- Genesis 33:10 נָא֙ נָ֨א ptcl exh ptcl exh Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
- Genesis 33:11 נָ֤א ptcl exh Please take the gift that I brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
- Genesis 33:14 נָ֥א ptcl exh Please let my lord pass over before his servant: and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."
- Genesis 33:15 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
- Genesis 34:8 נָ֥א ptcl exh Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
- Genesis 37:6 נָ֕א ptcl exh He said to them, "Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
- Genesis 37:14 נָ֨א ptcl exh He said to him, "Go now, see whether it is well with your brothers, and well with the flock; and bring me word again." So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- Genesis 37:16 נָּ֣א ptcl intj He said, "I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, please, where they are feeding the flock."
- Genesis 37:32 נָ֗א ptcl exh They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
- Genesis 38:16 נָּא֙ ptcl intj He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you:" for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"
- Genesis 38:25 נָ֔א ptcl exh When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-- the signet, and the cords, and the staff."
- Genesis 40:8 נָ֖א ptcl exh They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
- Genesis 40:14 נָּ֥א ptcl intj But remember me when it will be well with you, and show kindness, please, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
- Genesis 44:18 נָ֨א ptcl exh Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
- Genesis 44:33 נָ֤א ptcl exh Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Genesis 45:4 נָ֥א ptcl exh Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 47:4 נָ֥א ptcl exh They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
- Genesis 47:29 נָ֨א נָ֥א נָ֥א ptcl exh ptcl exh ptcl exh The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 48:9 נָ֥א ptcl exh Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
- Genesis 50:4 נָ֨א נָ֕א ptcl exh ptcl exh When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- Genesis 50:5 נָּ֛א ptcl intj 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"
- Genesis 50:17 נָ֠א נָ֔א ptcl exh ptcl exh "So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
Exodus 13 verses
- Exodus 3:3 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
- Exodus 3:18 נָּ֞א ptcl intj They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
- Exodus 4:6 נָ֤א ptcl exh Yahweh said furthermore to him, "Now put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand inside his cloak, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
- Exodus 4:13 נָ֖א ptcl exh He said, "Oh, Lord, please send someone else."
- Exodus 4:18 נָּ֗א ptcl intj Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
- Exodus 5:3 נָּ֡א ptcl intj They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
- Exodus 10:11 נָ֤א ptcl exh Not so! Go now you who are men, and serve Yahweh; for that is what you desire!" They were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.
- Exodus 10:17 נָ֤א ptcl exh Now therefore please forgive my sin again, and pray to Yahweh your God, that he may also take away from me this death."
- Exodus 11:2 נָ֖א ptcl exh Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold."
- Exodus 32:32 נָ֔א ptcl exh Yet now, if you will, forgive their sin-- and if not, please blot me out of your book which you have written."
- Exodus 33:13 נָא֩ נָא֙ ptcl exh ptcl exh Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
- Exodus 33:18 נָ֖א ptcl exh He said, "Please show me your glory."
- Exodus 34:9 נָא֩ נָ֥א ptcl exh ptcl exh He said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us; although this is a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance."
Numbers 17 verses
- Numbers 10:31 נָ֖א ptcl exh He said, Don't leave us, please; because you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you shall be to us instead of eyes.
- Numbers 11:15 נָא֙ ptcl exh If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- Numbers 12:6 נָ֣א ptcl exh He said, Hear now my words: if there be a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream.
- Numbers 12:11 נָ֨א ptcl exh Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, please don't lay sin on us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.
- Numbers 12:12 נָ֥א ptcl exh Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother's womb.
- Numbers 12:13 נָ֛א נָ֖א ptcl exh ptcl exh Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, Heal her, God, I beg you.
- Numbers 14:17 נָ֖א ptcl exh Now please let the power of the Lord be great, according as you have spoken, saying,
- Numbers 14:19 נָ֗א ptcl exh Pardon, Please, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your loving kindness, and according as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.
- Numbers 16:8 נָ֖א ptcl exh Moses said to Korah, Hear now, you sons of Levi:
- Numbers 16:26 נָ֡א ptcl exh He spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.
- Numbers 20:10 נָא֙ ptcl exh Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?
- Numbers 20:17 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.
- Numbers 22:6 נָּ֨א ptcl intj Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.
- Numbers 22:16 נָ֥א ptcl exh They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:
- Numbers 22:17 נָּא֙ ptcl intj for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.
- Numbers 22:19 נָ֥א ptcl exh Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more.
- Numbers 23:27 נָּא֙ ptcl intj Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 3:25 נָּ֗א ptcl intj Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
- Deuteronomy 4:32 נָא֩ ptcl exh For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 2:12 נָ֥א ptcl exh Now therefore, please swear to me by Yahweh, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's house, and give me a true token;
- Joshua 7:19 נָ֣א נָ֥א ptcl exh ptcl exh Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me.
- Joshua 22:26 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
Judges 29 verses
- Judges 1:24 נָא֙ ptcl exh The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.
- Judges 4:19 נָ֥א ptcl exh He said to her, Please give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. She opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
- Judges 6:17 נָ֛א ptcl exh He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
- Judges 6:18 נָ֨א ptcl exh Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you. He said, I will wait until you come again.
- Judges 6:39 נָּא נָ֨א ptcl intj ptcl exh Gideon said to God, Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.
- Judges 7:3 נָ֜א ptcl exh Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead. There returned of the people twenty-two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
- Judges 8:5 נָא֙ ptcl exh He said to the men of Succoth, Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
- Judges 9:2 נָ֞א ptcl exh Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.
- Judges 9:38 נָ֥א ptcl exh Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, that you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out now, I pray, and fight with them.
- Judges 10:15 נָ֖א ptcl exh The children of Israel said to Yahweh, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; only deliver us, we pray you, this day.
- Judges 11:17 נָּ֣א ptcl intj then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
- Judges 11:19 נָּ֥א ptcl intj Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place.
- Judges 12:6 נָ֨א ptcl exh then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.
- Judges 13:3 נָ֤א ptcl exh The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
- Judges 13:4 נָ֔א ptcl exh Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:
- Judges 13:8 נָ֥א ptcl exh Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.
- Judges 13:15 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.
- Judges 14:12 נָּ֥א ptcl intj Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
- Judges 15:2 נָ֥א ptcl exh Her father said, I most assuredly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.
- Judges 16:6 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, Please, in which your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you.
- Judges 16:10 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, Please, with which you might be bound.
- Judges 16:28 נָא֩ נָ֜א ptcl exh ptcl exh Samson called to Yahweh, and said, Lord Yahweh, remember me, Please, and strengthen me, Please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
- Judges 18:5 נָ֣א ptcl exh They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
- Judges 19:6 נָ֥א ptcl exh So they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.
- Judges 19:8 נָא֙ ptcl exh He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young lady's father said, Please strengthen your heart and stay until the day declines; and they ate, both of them.
- Judges 19:9 נָא֩ נָ֞א ptcl exh ptcl exh When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 19:11 נָּ֛א ptcl intj When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Please come and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
- Judges 19:23 נָ֑א ptcl exh The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.
- Judges 19:24 נָּ֤א ptcl intj Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly.
Ruth 2 verses
- Ruth 2:2 נָּ֤א ptcl intj Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. She said to her, Go, my daughter.
- Ruth 2:7 נָּא֙ ptcl intj She said, Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she stayed a little in the house.
1 Samuel 33 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:36 נָ֛א ptcl exh It shall happen, that everyone who is left in your house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
- 1 Samuel 3:17 נָ֥א ptcl exh He said, "What is the thing that [Yahweh] has spoken to you? Please don't hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you."
- 1 Samuel 9:3 נָ֤א ptcl exh The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the donkeys.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 נָ֤א ptcl exh He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
- 1 Samuel 9:18 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, Please, where the seer's house is.
- 1 Samuel 10:15 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Saul's uncle said, Tell me, Please, what Samuel said to you.
- 1 Samuel 14:17 נָ֣א ptcl exh Then said Saul to the people who were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. When they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
- 1 Samuel 14:29 נָא֙ ptcl exh Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Samuel 15:25 נָ֖א ptcl exh Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:30 נָ֛א ptcl exh Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
- 1 Samuel 16:15 נָ֧א ptcl exh Saul's servants said to him, See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 נָ֤א ptcl exh Let our lord now command your servants who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp: and it shall happen, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well.
- 1 Samuel 16:17 נָ֣א ptcl exh Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.
- 1 Samuel 16:22 נָ֤א ptcl exh Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.
- 1 Samuel 17:17 נָ֤א ptcl exh Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry [them] quickly to the camp to your brothers;
- 1 Samuel 19:2 נָ֣א ptcl exh Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself:
- 1 Samuel 20:29 נָ֡א נָּ֖א ptcl exh ptcl intj and he said, Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me [to be there]: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he is not come to the king's table.
- 1 Samuel 20:36 נָא֙ ptcl exh He said to his boy, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
- 1 Samuel 22:3 נָ֞א ptcl exh David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth, [and be] with you, until I know what God will do for me.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 נָ֖א ptcl exh Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
- 1 Samuel 22:12 נָ֖א ptcl exh Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He answered, Here I am, my lord.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 נָ֖א ptcl exh Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
- 1 Samuel 23:22 נָ֞א ptcl exh Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
- 1 Samuel 25:8 נָּ֗א ptcl intj Ask your young men, and they will tell you: therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.
- 1 Samuel 25:24 נָ֤א ptcl exh She fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me be the iniquity; and please let your handmaid speak in your ears. Hear the words of your handmaid.
- 1 Samuel 25:25 נָ֣א ptcl exh Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you did send.
- 1 Samuel 25:28 נָ֖א ptcl exh Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights the battles of Yahweh; and evil shall not be found in you all your days.
- 1 Samuel 26:8 נָ֜א ptcl exh Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered up your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.
- 1 Samuel 26:11 נָ֨א ptcl exh Yahweh forbid that I should put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed: but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.
- 1 Samuel 26:19 נָא֙ ptcl exh Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- 1 Samuel 27:5 נָא֩ ptcl exh David said to Achish, If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?
- 1 Samuel 28:22 נָ֤א ptcl exh Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.
- 1 Samuel 30:7 נָּ֥א ptcl intj David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, Please bring me here the ephod. Abiathar brought there the ephod to David.
2 Samuel 33 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:4 נָ֣א ptcl exh David said to him, How went the matter? Please tell me. He answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
- 2 Samuel 1:9 נָ֤א ptcl exh He said to me, Stand, I pray you, beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.
- 2 Samuel 2:14 נָא֙ ptcl exh Abner said to Joab, Please let the young men arise and play before us. Joab said, Let them arise.
- 2 Samuel 7:2 נָ֔א ptcl exh that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
- 2 Samuel 13:5 נָא֩ ptcl exh Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and feign yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, tell him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it from her hand.
- 2 Samuel 13:6 נָ֞א ptcl exh So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let her sister Tamar come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand.
- 2 Samuel 13:7 נָ֗א ptcl exh Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and dress him food.
- 2 Samuel 13:13 נָ֣א ptcl exh I, where shall I carry my shame? and as for you, you will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you.
- 2 Samuel 13:17 נָ֥א ptcl exh Then he called his servant who ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her.
- 2 Samuel 13:24 נָ֥א נָ֥א ptcl exh ptcl exh Absalom came to the king, and said, See now, your servant has sheep-shearers; let the king, I pray you, and his servants go with your servant.
- 2 Samuel 13:25 נָ֤א ptcl exh The king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. He pressed him: however he would not go, but blessed him.
- 2 Samuel 13:26 נָ֥א ptcl exh Then said Absalom, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us. The king said to him, Why should he go with you?
- 2 Samuel 13:28 נָ֠א ptcl exh Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I tell you, Smite Amnon, then kill him; don't be afraid; haven't I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
- 2 Samuel 14:2 נָ֞א נָ֣א ptcl exh ptcl exh Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, Please, and don't anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has a long time mourned for the dead:
- 2 Samuel 14:11 נָ֨א ptcl exh Then said she, Please let the king remember Yahweh your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. He said, As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.
- 2 Samuel 14:12 נָ֧א ptcl exh Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.
- 2 Samuel 14:15 נָּ֣א ptcl intj Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.
- 2 Samuel 14:17 נָּ֛א ptcl intj Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.
- 2 Samuel 14:18 נָ֨א נָ֖א ptcl exh ptcl exh Then the king answered the woman, Please don't hide anything from me that I shall ask you. The woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 נָ֥א ptcl exh The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
- 2 Samuel 15:7 נָּ֗א ptcl intj It happened at the end of forty years, that Absalom said to the king, please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to Yahweh, in Hebron.
- 2 Samuel 15:31 נָ֛א ptcl exh One told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, Yahweh, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
- 2 Samuel 16:9 נָּ֖א ptcl intj Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head."
- 2 Samuel 17:1 נָּ֗א ptcl intj Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
- 2 Samuel 17:5 נָ֔א ptcl exh Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he says.
- 2 Samuel 18:19 נָּ֔א ptcl intj Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king news, how that Yahweh has avenged him of his enemies.
- 2 Samuel 18:22 נָּ֥א ptcl intj Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, Please let me also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you will have no reward for the news?
- 2 Samuel 19:37 נָ֤א ptcl exh Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
- 2 Samuel 20:16 נָ֣א ptcl exh Then cried a wise woman out of the city, "Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, 'Come near here, that I may speak with you.'"
- 2 Samuel 24:2 נָ֞א ptcl exh The king said to Joab the captain of the host, who was with him, Go now back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the sum of the people.
- 2 Samuel 24:10 נָא֙ ptcl exh David's heart struck him after that he had numbered the people. David said to Yahweh, I have sinned greatly in that which I have done: but now, Yahweh, put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.
- 2 Samuel 24:14 נָּ֤א ptcl intj David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of Yahweh; for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man.
- 2 Samuel 24:17 נָ֥א ptcl exh David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father's house.
1 Kings 17 verses
- 1 Kings 1:12 נָ֖א ptcl exh Now therefore come, please let me give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon.
- 1 Kings 2:17 נָא֙ ptcl exh He said, Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
- 1 Kings 8:26 נָא֙ ptcl exh Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
- 1 Kings 13:6 נָ֞א ptcl exh The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“please” is the headline sense of the Hebrew word נא (nâʼ). Scripture first uses it in Genesis 12:11. With 374 verses in 30 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “I pray” and “now”. See the sense tree, 374-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4994 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 374
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 374 distinct verses.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #123
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 123 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 374 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 374 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 217 verses · 58%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 96 verses · 26%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 61 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: I beseech thee 1×, I pray now 1×, I pray thee 1×
- American Standard Version†: I pray thee 2×, Now 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Please 163×, Now 58×, I pray 7×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Please 306×, Now 50×, Indeed 6×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4994 across 9† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4994 across 9† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4994 across 253† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 151 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4994 across 393† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
14 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 14 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
נא I part. of entreaty or exhortation, I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac ܢܺܐ, ܢܺܝ
- 1. to the imv., especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as Gn 12:13 אִמְרִי־נָא say, I pray, 13:9 הִפָּרֶד־נָא מֵעָלַי, v 14 שָׂא־נָא עֵינֶיךָ, 15:5 הַבֶּט־נָא השׁמימה, 24:2 + often, Nu 20:10 שׁמעו־נא המוֹרים, Ju 13:4; 16:6, 10, 28; 18:5, etc., Is 1:18; 5:3 Am 7:2, 5; rarely in a command, Gn 22:2 Is 7:3. Ironically, in a challenge, Is 47:12 Jb 40:10. Once anomalously attached to a subst., or (accents) prefixed to a verb, Nu 12:13 אֵ֕ל נָא֛ רְפָ֥א נָא֖ (Ew§ 246 a Di אַל־נָא; v. 3 b). e.g. Genesis 12:13
- 2. to the pf. with waw consec., in a precative sense (Dr§ 119 δ) Gn 40:14. e.g. Genesis 40:14
- 3. to the impf., when leave is asked, or a prayer or desire expressed;
- a. in 1 pers., especially with ה cohort., Gn 19:8 אוציאה־נא let me, I pray, bring out, v 20 אִמָּֽלְטָה־נָּא שָׁ֑מָּה, Ex 3:18 נלכה־נא let us go, I pray, אֵלְכָה נָּא 4:18 אִיעָצֵּךְ נָא עֵצָה let me give thee counsel, I pray, 1 Ki 1:12 Nu 20:17 Is 5:5; and in self-deliberation, Gn 18:21 ארדה־נּא I will go down, now! Ex 3:3 אסורה־נּא ואראה I will turn aside, now, and see, 2 S 14:15 Ct 3:2 Is 5:1; with אַל Jb 32:21. e.g. Genesis 19:8
- b. in 2 pers., with אַל, in deprecation, Gn 18:3 אל־נא תעבר מעל עבדך, 19:7; 47:29 Nu 10:31, etc.; hence ellipt. אל־נא do not, I pray, (do this,) Gn 19:18; 33:10 Nu 12:13 Ew Di e.g. Genesis 18:3
- c. in 3 pers., Gn 18:4 יֻקַּח־נָא let there be brought, I pray, 26:28; 33:14; 44:18, 33, etc., 2 S 14:11, 12, 17 1 K 17:21 2 K 2:9 ψ 7:10; 118:2, 3; ironically Is 19:12; 47:13, or defiantly Jer 17:15 where is the word of J.? יָבוֹא נָא; with אַל, Gn 13:8 אַל־נָא תְהִי מְרִיבָה, 18:30 אַל־נָא יִחַר לַאדֹנָי, 37:27 Nu 12:12. e.g. Genesis 18:4
- 4. joined to conjunctions and interjections:
- a. [אָהּ־נָא, contr.] אָ֫נָּא; v. p. 58.
- b. אַל־נָא, see above 3 b, c.
- c. אִם־נָא, especially in the phrase אם נא מצאתי חן בעיניך, used by one craving a favourable hearing †Gn 30:27; 33:10 Ju 6:17; 1 S 27:5, and with נא repeated in the request itself †Gn 18:3; 47:29; 50:4 Ex 33:13; 34:9; otherwise Gn 24:42. e.g. Genesis 30:27
- 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), Gn 12:11; 16:2; 18:27, 31; 19:2, 8, 19, 20; 27:2 Ju 13:3; 19:9 1 S 9:6; 16:15 2 S 13:24 2 K 2:16, 19; 4:9 +, Jb 13:18; 33:2; 40:15, 16. e.g. Genesis 12:11
- e. (לנו) אוֹי־נָא לי Woe, now, to me (us)! †Je 4:31; 45:7 La 5:16. e.g. Jeremiah 4:31
- f. אַיֵּה־נָא where, pray? †ψ 115:2. e.g. Psalms 115:2
- g. נֶגְדָּה־נָּא, peculiarly, †ψ 116:14, 18 my vows to J. I will perform, נגדה־נא לכל־עמו O that (it may be) before all his people! e.g. Psalms 116:14
נא II raw, of flesh Ex 12
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. part. of entreaty or exhortation, I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac ܢܺܐ, ܢܺܝ; cf. Ethiopic ነዒ: veni, age! Di§ 160. 1 Lex675 Köii. 244);—attached:
III. adj. raw, of flesh Ex 12:9 (P; opp. בשׁל).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered: "I pray," "now," or "then"
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
נָא I
- = אֲנָא. Y. Ter. V, 43ᶜ bot. ואוף נא וכ׳ I, too, think so. Y. Ber. IV, beg. 7ᵃ וָנָא אמרית וכ׳ and I gave a reason for it; a. fr.—V. דְּנָה, לֵינָא.—Pl. נַן. Y. B. Kam. II, beg. 2ᵈ מה נן אמרין וכ׳ why do we say &c.; a. fr.
נָא II
- (also adverb)(b. h.;
- 1. hurried, half-done. Pes. 41ᵃ bot. אכלו נא if he ate it (the Passover lamb) half-done. Ib.ᵇ ישנו בבל תאכל נא is subject to the law (Ex. XII, 9) &c. Tosef. Macc. IV (III), 1, contrad. to חַי. Men. 78ᵇ מצה נא, v. הַיָנָא; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 12:9
- 2. slender, fine, brittle. — Pl. נָאִין; f. נָאוֹת. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. II, 9 [read with R. S. to Kel. III, 2:] הוסקו והנאין (= והן נאין) if the vessels were heated but turned out brittle. B. Bath, 97ᵇ (expl. פיטסות, ib. VI, 2) נאות ומגופרות thin, but lined with pitch; Tosef. ib. VI, 3.
נָא III
- (b. h.) I pray, prithee. Yoma IV, 2; a. fr.—Ber. 9ᵃ, a. e. אין נא אלא וכ׳, v. בַּקָּשָׁה.
נַן
- , pl. of נָא I.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 43 distinct written forms H4994 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| נָ֣א | Particle, Exhortation | Ezekiel 8:8 | 66 |
| נָ֥א | Particle, Exhortation | Daniel 1:12 | 48 |
| נָ֤א | Particle, Exhortation | Daniel 9:16 | 33 |
| נָא֙ | Particle, Exhortation | Exodus 33:13 | 33 |
| נָ֖א | Particle, Exhortation | Exodus 4:13 | 31 |
| נָּ֣א | Particle, Interjection | Exodus 3:3 | 20 |
| נָ֞א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 16:2 | 19 |
| נָ֨א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 13:8 | 19 |
| נָ֔א | Particle, Exhortation | Amos 7:2 | 11 |
| נָ֛א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 24:17 | 11 |
| נָ֭א | Particle, Exhortation | Job 5:1 | 9 |
| נָ֠א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 19:2 | 8 |
| נָּא֙ | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 24:42 | 8 |
| נָ֗א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 37:32 | 7 |
| נָא֩ | Particle, Exhortation | Deuteronomy 4:32 | 7 |
| נָּ֤א | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 19:8 | 7 |
| נָּ֥א | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 27:21 | 7 |
| נָּ֖א | Particle, Interjection | 1 Chronicles 22:5 | 5 |
| נָּ֗א | Particle, Interjection | Deuteronomy 3:25 | 5 |
| נָ֑א | Particle, Exhortation | 1 Kings 20:35 | 4 |
| נָ֕א | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 37:6 | 4 |
| נָ֜א | Particle, Exhortation | 1 Samuel 26:8 | 4 |
| נָ֧א | Particle, Exhortation | Haggai 2:11 | 4 |
| נָּ֛א | Particle, Interjection | Ecclesiastes 2:1 | 4 |
| נָ֡א | Particle, Exhortation | 1 Samuel 20:29 | 3 |
| נָ֝א | Particle, Exhortation | Psalms 124:1 | 2 |
| נָֽא | Particle, Exhortation | Genesis 24:45 | 2 |
| נָא | Particle, Exhortation | Isaiah 29:11 | 2 |
| נָא֮ | Particle, Exhortation | 2 Kings 2:16 | 2 |
| נָּ֜א | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 19:20 | 2 |
| נָּ֝֗א | Particle, Interjection | Psalms 116:14 | 2 |
| נָּ֨א | Particle, Interjection | Jeremiah 38:25 | 2 |
| נָּא | Particle, Interjection | Genesis 19:2 | 2 |
| נָ֝֗א | Particle, Exhortation | Psalms 115:2 | 1 |
| נָ֬א | Particle, Exhortation | Psalms 7:9 | 1 |
| נָּ֑א | Particle, Interjection | Psalms 118:25 | 1 |
| נָּ֔א | Particle, Interjection | 2 Samuel 18:19 | 1 |
| נָּ֞א | Particle, Interjection | Exodus 3:18 | 1 |
| נָּ֡א | Particle, Interjection | Exodus 5:3 | 1 |
| נָּ֭א | Particle, Interjection | Job 17:3 | 1 |
| נָּֽא | Particle, Interjection | Psalms 118:25 | 1 |
| נָּא֩ | Particle, Interjection | 1 Kings 20:31 | 1 |
| נא | Particle, Exhortation | 2 Kings 5:18 | 1 |
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 358 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 374 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 12:11
- Exodus 3:3
- Numbers 10:31
- Deuteronomy 3:25
- Joshua 2:12
- Judges 1:24
- Ruth 2:2
- 1 Samuel 2:36
- 2 Samuel 1:4
- 1 Kings 1:12
- 2 Kings 1:13
- 1 Chronicles 21:8
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
