4994. na
Lexical Summary
na: I (we) pray, now
Original Word: נָא
Transliteration: na
Phonetic Spelling: (naw)
Part of Speech: Interjection
Short Definition: I (we) pray, now
Meaning: I pray', 'now', 'then'
Strong's Concordance
I beseech pray thee you, go to, now, oh

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4994. na

I. נָאparticle of entreaty or

exhortation I (we) pray, now (enclitic) (Syriac , ; compare Ethiopic veni, age! Di§ 160. 1 Lex:675ii. 244); — attached:

1 to the imperative, especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as Genesis 12:13 אִמְרִינָֿא‎ say, I pray, 13:9 הִמָּרֶדֿ מֵעָלַי נָא‎, 13:14 עֵינֶיךָ שָׂאנָֿא‎, 15:5 השׁמימה הַבֶּטנָֿא‎, 24:2 + often, Numbers 20:10 המוֺרים שׁמעונֿא‎, Judges 13:4; 16:6, 10, 28; 18:5, etc., Isaiah 1:18; 5:3; Amos 7:2, 5; rarely in a command, Genesis 22:2; Isaiah 7:3). Ironically, in a challenge, 47:12; Job 40:10. Once anomalously attached to a substantive, or (accents) prefixed to a verb, Numbers 12:13 נָא֖ רְָˆפא נָא֛ אֵ֕ל‎ (Ew § 246 a Di אַלנָֿא‎; 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 1 person, especially with ה‎ cohortative, Genesis 19:8 אוציאהנֿא‎ let me, I pray, bring out, 19:20 שָׁ֑מָּה אִמָּֽלְטָהנָּֿא‎, 24:12 לְפָנַי הַקְרֵהנָֿא24:14 הַטִּינָֿא24:17; 24:23; 24:43; 24:45; 25:30; 32:12, 30 + often, Exodus 3:18 נלכהנֿא‎ let us go, I pray, Numbers 20:17; Isaiah 5:5; and in self-deliberation, Genesis 18:21 ארדהנּֿא‎ I will go down, now ! Exodus 3:3 ואראה אסורהנּֿא‎ I will turn aside, now, and see, 2 Samuel 14:15; Song of Solomon 3:2; Isaiah 5:1; with אַלJob 32:21.

b. in 2 person, with אַל‎, in deprecation, Genesis 18:3 עבדך מעל תעבר אלנֿא‎, 19:7; 47:29; Numbers 10:31, etc.; hence elliptical אלנֿא‎ do not, I pray, (do this,) Genesis 19:18; 33:10; Numbers 12:13 Ew Di.

c. in 3 person, Genesis 18:4 יֻקַּחנָֿא‎ let there be brought, I pray, 26:28; 33:14; 44:18, 33, etc., 2 Samuel 14:11-12, 17; 1 Kings 17:21; 2 Kings 2:9; Psalm 7:10; 118:2; 118:3; ironically Isaiah 19:12; 47:13, or defiantly Jeremiah 17:15 where is the word of J.? נָא יָבוֺא‎; with אַל‎, Genesis 13:8 מְרִיבָה תְהִי אַלנָֿא‎, 18:30 לַאדֹנָי יִחַר אַלנָֿא‎, 37:27; Numbers 12:12.

4 joined to conjunctions and interjections:

a. [אָהּנָֿא‎, contracted] אָ֫נָּא‎.

b. אַלנָֿא‎ see above 3b, c. c. אִםנָֿא‎, especially in the phrase בעיניך חן מצאתי נא אם‎, used by one craving a favourable hearing Genesis 30:27; 33:10; Judges 6:17; 1 Samuel 27:5, and with נא‎ repeated in the request itself Genesis 18:3; 47:29; 50:4; Exodus 33:13; 34:9; otherwise Genesis 24:42.

d. הִנֵּהנָֿא‎ 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; 16:2; 18:27, 31; 19:2, 8, 19, 20; 27:2; Judges 13:3; 19:9; 1 Samuel 9:6; 16:15; 2 Samuel 13:24; 2 Kings 2:16, 19; 4:9 +, Job 13:18; 33:2; 40:15-16,.

e. (לנו‎) לי אוֺינָֿא‎ Woe, now, to me (us) ! Jeremiah 4:31; 45:3; Lamentations 5:16.

f. אַיֵּהנָֿא‎ where, pray ? Psalm 115:2.

g. נֶגְדָּהנָּֿא‎, peculiarly, Psalm 116:14; 116:18 my vows to J. I will perform, לכלעֿמו נגדהנֿאO that (it may be) before all his people !

II. נָא

adjective see ניא‎.

II. נָאadjective raw, of flesh Exodus 12:9 (P; opposed to בשׁל‎). I. נָא

[נִיב‎], נֵיבָ֑י נִיבָ֑י,‎ see נוב‎.

נִיד‎ v . נוד‎. נִירָה‎ see II. נדד‎.

נָיוֺת‎ see נוית‎ below I. נוה‎.

נִיתוֺתַ נִיחֹחַ,‎ see נוח‎. נִין‎ see נון‎.








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