נָא
'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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What does נָא (nāʾ) mean in the Bible?
נָא (nāʾ) is a Hebrew word meaning "'I pray' , 'now' , or 'then' ; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction". 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction Usage: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Meaning
Softens imperatives into polite requests; transforms commands into supplications through modal particles.
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction Usage: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
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