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 3 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.
- Judges 1:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and when the spies saw a man coming out of the city, they said to him, “Please show us how to get into the city, and we will treat you kindly.”
Read word by word - Judges 4:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Sisera said to her, “Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.
Read word by word - Judges 6:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
Read word by word - Judges 6:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
Read word by word - Judges 6:39
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me; let me speak one more time. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time let it be dry, and the ground covered with dew.”
Read word by word - Judges 7:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
Read word by word - Judges 8:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Read word by word - Judges 9:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
Read word by word - Judges 9:38
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”
Read word by word - Judges 10:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
Read word by word - Judges 11:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
Read word by word - Judges 11:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
Read word by word - Judges 12:6
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they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
Read word by word - Judges 13:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.
Read word by word - Judges 13:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
Read word by word - Judges 13:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”
Read word by word - Judges 13:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
Read word by word - Judges 14:12
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“Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can solve it for me within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty sets of clothes.
Read word by word - Judges 15:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
Read word by word - Judges 16:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
Read word by word - Judges 16:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have mocked me and lied to me! Now please tell me how you can be tied up.”
Read word by word - Judges 16:28
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”
Read word by word - Judges 18:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God to determine whether we will have a successful journey.”
Read word by word - Judges 19:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
Read word by word - Judges 19:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to depart, but the girl’s father said, “Please refresh your heart.” So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.
Read word by word - Judges 19:9
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When the man got up to depart with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, that your heart may be merry. Then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey home.”
Read word by word - Judges 19:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When they were near Jebus and the day was almost gone, the servant said to his master, “Please, let us stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night here.”
Read word by word - Judges 19:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this outrage.
Read word by word - Judges 19:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
Read word by word - Ruth 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go into the fields and glean heads of grain after someone in whose sight I may find favor.” “Go ahead, my daughter,” Naomi replied.
Read word by word - Ruth 2:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 3:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 9:6
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“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 9:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 10:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 14:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 14:29
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“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 15:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 16:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 17:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 19:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 20:29
· BSB · 2 occurrences
saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 20:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 22:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
From there David went to Mizpeh of Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay with you until I learn what God will do for me.”
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