Strong H4994נָא

please

Transliteration
nâ'
Pronunciation
naw
Morphology
Hebrew Interjection

Definition

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 conjugation: - I beseech (pray) thee ({you}) go {to} {now} oh.

Detailed definition

1) I (we) pray, now, please
1a) used in entreaty or exhortation

In the Bible

Strong H4994 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • pray3
  • let2
  • beseech1
  • go1
  • now1
  • oh1

First verses

  1. Genesis 12:11
    And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
  2. Genesis 12:13
    Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
  3. Genesis 18:4
    Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
  4. Genesis 18:30
    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
  5. Exodus 33:18
    And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory.
  6. Numbers 12:12
    Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.
  7. Judges 7:3
    Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
  8. Judges 9:38
    Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
  9. Judges 13:8
    Then Manoah intreated the Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
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