H4994 · נָא
nâʼ · naw · pray
H4994 (nâʼ, pronounced naw) is the Hebrew word נָא in Strong’s dictionary: 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'. It appears 404 times in 375 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- נָא (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- nâʼ
- Pronunciation
- naw
- Derivation
- a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered;
- Definition
- 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
- Rendered in the KJV
- I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
404 occurrences in 375 verses (253 with English words of their own, 151 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “Please” ×101
- “please” ×49
- “now” ×40
- “Now” ×14
- “I pray” ×7
- “So please” ×4
- “to him, “Please” ×3
- “us now” ×3
By book
Genesis 64 · Exodus 13 · Numbers 18 · Deuteronomy 2 · Joshua 3 · Judges 29 · Ruth 2 · 1 Samuel 34 · 2 Samuel 33 · 1 Kings 17 · 2 Kings 32 · 1 Chronicles 5 · 2 Chronicles 3 · Ezra 1 · Nehemiah 5 · Job 23 · Psalms 15 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Song of Solomon 2 · Isaiah 17 · Jeremiah 28 · Lamentations 2 · Ezekiel 5 · Daniel 2 · Amos 2 · Jonah 3 · Micah 4 · Haggai 4 · Zechariah 3 · Malachi 3
First 30 of 375 verses
- Genesis 12:11
- Genesis 12:13
- Genesis 13:8
- Genesis 13:9
- Genesis 13:14
- Genesis 15:5
- Genesis 16:2
- Genesis 18:3
- Genesis 18:4
- Genesis 18:21
- Genesis 18:27
- Genesis 18:30
- Genesis 18:31
- Genesis 18:32
- Genesis 19:2
- Genesis 19:7
- Genesis 19:8
- Genesis 19:18
- Genesis 19:19
- Genesis 19:20
- Genesis 22:2
- Genesis 24:2
- Genesis 24:12
- Genesis 24:14
- Genesis 24:17
- Genesis 24:23
- Genesis 24:42
- Genesis 24:43
- Genesis 24:45
- Genesis 25:30
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4994.