Hebrew · H3467, H4994 · unreviewed

הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא

Properly, to be open , wide or free , i.e. (by implication) to be safe ; causatively, to free or succor · 'I pray' , 'now' , or 'then' ; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

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יָשַׁע H3467 properly, to be open , wide or free , i.e. (by implication) to be safe ; causatively, to free or succor
Pronunciation môšîaʿ
Deliverance from confinement or danger; causatively, to make spacious/free, hence to save and preserve.
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נָא H4994 'I pray' , 'now' , or 'then' ; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
Pronunciation nāʾ
Softens imperatives into polite requests; transforms commands into supplications through modal particles.
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What does הוֹשִׁיעָה נָּא (hoshi‘ah na) mean in the Bible?

יָשַׁע · נָא is a Hebrew word meaning "save, please; save now".

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Meaning

save, please; save now
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 52×
Imperfect 1Sam 17:47 · Isa 45:20 · Job 22:29 · Lam 4:17 · Ps 34:19 · Ps 69:36 · Ps 72:4 · Ps 72:13 · Ps 116:6 · Zeph 3:17 · 2Sam 22:28 · Hab 1:2 · Judg 6:37 · Ps 18:28 · Ps 36:7 · Isa 49:25 23×
Participle active 1Sam 10:19 · 1Sam 11:3 · 2Kgs 13:5 · 2Sam 22:42 · Deut 22:27 · Deut 28:29 · Deut 28:31 · Isa 19:20 · Isa 43:11 · Isa 45:15 · Judg 3:9 · Judg 3:15 · Judg 6:36 · Judg 12:3 · Neh 9:27 · Obad 1:21 20×
Perfect Judg 7:2 · Ps 44:4 · Ps 98:1 · 2Sam 3:18 · Ps 20:7 · Job 26:2 · Judg 12:2
Sequential imperfect Jer 31:7 · Ps 86:2
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 11×
Imperfect 2Sam 22:4 · Ps 18:4 · Jer 23:6 · Jer 33:16 · Jer 30:7 · Prov 28:18 · Jer 4:14
Perfect Deut 33:29 · Isa 45:17 · Jer 8:20
Participle active Ps 33:16
Cross-Language Connections

Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.

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