Na נָא

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Na
נָא
Transliterationna
Strong's numberH4994
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechinterjection
Glossplease
Occurrences404 in 375 verses
Most frequent inGenesis (64)

Na (Hebrew נָא, Strong's H4994) is a Hebrew interjection meaning “please”. It occurs 404 times in 375 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVthee (2), you (1), oh (1), dead (1), let (1)
BSBplease (162), i pray (7), i beg you (2), therefore (2), o (2), we pray (2), i am (1), please stay (1), see whether (1), indeed (1), i urge you (1), please allow me (1), and 10 other renderings

Verses

Na occurs in 375 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (64): 12:11, 12:13, 13:8, 13:9, 13:14, 15:5, 16:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:21, 18:27, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:2, 19:7, 19:8, 19:18, 19:19, 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, 27:3, 27:9, 27:19, 27:21, 27:26, 30:14, 30:27, 31:12, 32:11, 32:29, 33:10, 33:11, 33:14, 33:15, 34:8, 37:6, 37:14, 37:16, 37:32, 38:16, 38:25, 40:8, 40:14, 44:18, 44:33, 45:4, 47:4, 47:29, 48:9, 50:4, 50:5, 50:17

Exodus (13): 3:3, 3:18, 4:6, 4:13, 4:18, 5:3, 10:11, 10:17, 11:2, 32:32, 33:13, 33:18, 34:9

Numbers (18): 10:31, 11:15, 12:6, 12:11, 12:12, 12:13, 14:17, 14:19, 16:8, 16:26, 20:10, 20:17, 22:6, 22:16, 22:17, 22:19, 23:13, 23:27

Deuteronomy (2): 3:25, 4:32

Joshua (3): 2:12, 7:19, 22:26

Judges (29): 1:24, 4:19, 6:17, 6:18, 6:39, 7:3, 8:5, 9:2, 9:38, 10:15, 11:17, 11:19, 12:6, 13:3, 13:4, 13:8, 13:15, 14:12, 15:2, 16:6, 16:10, 16:28, 18:5, 19:6, 19:8, 19:9, 19:11, 19:23, 19:24

Ruth (2): 2:2, 2:7

1 Samuel (34): 2:36, 3:17, 9:3, 9:6, 9:18, 10:15, 14:17, 14:29, 15:25, 15:30, 16:15, 16:16, 16:17, 16:22, 17:17, 19:2, 20:29, 20:36, 22:3, 22:7, 22:12, 23:11, 23:22, 25:8, 25:24, 25:25, 25:28, 26:8, 26:11, 26:19, 27:5, 28:8, 28:22, 30:7

2 Samuel (33): 1:4, 1:9, 2:14, 7:2, 13:5, 13:6, 13:7, 13:13, 13:17, 13:24, 13:25, 13:26, 13:28, 14:2, 14:11, 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 14:21, 15:7, 15:31, 16:9, 17:1, 17:5, 18:19, 18:22, 19:37, 20:16, 24:2, 24:10, 24:14, 24:17

1 Kings (17): 1:12, 2:17, 8:26, 13:6, 14:2, 17:10, 17:11, 17:21, 18:43, 19:20, 20:7, 20:31, 20:32, 20:35, 20:37, 22:5, 22:13

2 Kings (32): 1:13, 2:2, 2:4, 2:6, 2:9, 2:16, 2:19, 4:9, 4:10, 4:13, 4:22, 4:26, 5:7, 5:8, 5:15, 5:17, 5:22, 6:1, 6:2, 6:3, 6:17, 6:18, 7:12, 7:13, 8:4, 9:12, 9:34, 18:19, 18:23, 18:26, 19:19, 20:3

1 Chronicles (5): 21:8, 21:13, 21:17, 22:5, 29:20

2 Chronicles (3): 6:40, 18:4, 18:12

Ezra (1): 10:14

Nehemiah (5): 1:6, 1:8, 1:11, 5:10, 5:11

Job (23): 1:11, 2:5, 4:7, 5:1, 6:29, 8:8, 10:9, 12:7, 13:6, 13:18, 17:3, 17:10, 22:21, 22:22, 32:21, 33:1, 33:2, 38:3, 40:7, 40:10, 40:15, 40:16, 42:4

Psalms (15): 7:9, 50:22, 80:14, 115:2, 116:14, 116:18, 118:2, 118:3, 118:4, 118:25, 119:76, 119:108, 122:8, 124:1, 129:1

Ecclesiastes (1): 2:1

Song of Solomon (2): 3:2, 7:8

Isaiah (17): 1:18, 5:1, 5:3, 5:5, 7:3, 7:13, 19:12, 29:11, 29:12, 36:4, 36:8, 36:11, 38:3, 47:12, 47:13, 51:21, 64:9

Jeremiah (28): 4:31, 5:1, 5:21, 5:24, 7:12, 17:15, 18:11, 18:13, 21:2, 25:5, 27:18, 28:7, 28:15, 30:6, 32:8, 35:15, 36:15, 36:17, 37:3, 37:20, 38:4, 38:12, 38:20, 38:25, 40:15, 42:2, 44:4, 45:3

Lamentations (2): 1:18, 5:16

Ezekiel (5): 8:5, 8:8, 17:12, 18:25, 33:30

Daniel (2): 1:12, 9:16

Amos (2): 7:2, 7:5

Jonah (3): 1:8, 1:14, 4:3

Micah (4): 3:1, 3:9, 6:1, 6:5

Haggai (4): 2:2, 2:11, 2:15, 2:18

Zechariah (3): 1:4, 3:8, 5:5

Malachi (3): 1:8, 1:9, 3:10

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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