Na נָא
| נָא | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | na |
| Strong's number | H4994 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | interjection |
| Gloss | please |
| Occurrences | 404 in 375 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (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
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
| KJV | thee (2), you (1), oh (1), dead (1), let (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | please (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
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
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
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
Ezekiel (5): 8:5, 8:8, 17:12, 18:25, 33:30
Haggai (4): 2:2, 2:11, 2:15, 2:18
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).