TBESH · H4994
נָא · na · please
1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation
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na H4994
נָא (na) means “please” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
נָא Hebrew · H4994 404 tagged occurrences in 375 verses
Pronunciation guide: naw Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
KJV glosses: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
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How translators render H4994
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| please | 158 |
| now | 58 |
| i pray | 7 |
| so please | 4 |
| i beg you | 2 |
| o | 2 |
| therefore | 2 |
| we pray | 2 |
| but please | 1 |
| carefully | 1 |
| i am now | 1 |
| i exhort | 1 |
| i urge you | 1 |
| if you please | 1 |
| indeed | 1 |
| let them now | 1 |
| may | 1 |
| now i plead | 1 |
| please allow me | 1 |
| please stay | 1 |
| then | 1 |
| this time | 1 |
| to see whether | 1 |
| until | 1 |
| we beseech you | 1 |
| would you please | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| i beseech thee | 1 |
| i pray now | 1 |
| i pray thee | 1 |
| i pray you | 1 |
| let | 1 |
| let her not be as one dead | 1 |
| now | 1 |
| now therefore go to | 1 |
| oh | 1 |
Verses containing H4994
Page 1 of 8. 375 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 12:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Read word by word - Genesis 12:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
Read word by word - Genesis 13:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.
Read word by word - Genesis 13:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Read word by word - Genesis 13:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Read word by word - Genesis 15:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Read word by word - Genesis 16:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Read word by word - Genesis 18:3
· BSB · 2 occurrences
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
Read word by word - Genesis 18:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
Read word by word - Genesis 18:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
Read word by word - Genesis 18:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Read word by word - Genesis 18:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
Read word by word - Genesis 18:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
Read word by word - Genesis 18:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:2
· BSB · 2 occurrences
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
Read word by word - Genesis 19:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
Read word by word - Genesis 19:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
Read word by word - Genesis 19:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Read word by word - Genesis 19:20
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
Read word by word - Genesis 22:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
Read word by word - Genesis 24:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“O LORD, God of my master Abraham,” he prayed, “please grant me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.
Read word by word - Genesis 24:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Whose daughter are you?” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night?”
Read word by word - Genesis 24:42
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
Read word by word - Genesis 24:43
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Here I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
Read word by word - Genesis 24:45
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
Read word by word - Genesis 25:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)
Read word by word - Genesis 26:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you
Read word by word - Genesis 27:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” said Isaac, “I am now old, and I do not know the day of my death.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:9
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Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so that I can make them into a tasty dish for your father—the kind he loves.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
Read word by word - Genesis 27:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come closer so I can touch you, my son. Are you really my son Esau, or not?”
Read word by word - Genesis 27:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come near and kiss me, my son.”
Read word by word - Genesis 30:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by word - Genesis 30:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
Read word by word - Genesis 31:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
Read word by word - Genesis 32:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.12
- Genesis 32:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 32.30
- Genesis 33:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.
Read word by word - Genesis 33:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.
Read word by word - Genesis 33:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
Read word by word - Genesis 33:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”
Read word by word - Genesis 34:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.
Read word by word - Genesis 37:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
Read word by word - Genesis 37:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
Read word by word - Genesis 37:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I am looking for my brothers,” Joseph replied. “Can you please tell me where they are pasturing their flocks?”
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