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 8 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.
- Ezekiel 8:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man,” He told me, “dig through the wall.” So I dug through the wall and discovered a doorway.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 17:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 18:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
Read word by word - Ezekiel 33:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
Read word by word - Daniel 1:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
Read word by word - Daniel 9:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
Read word by word - Amos 7:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
Read word by word - Amos 7:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said, “Lord GOD, please stop! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”
Read word by word - Jonah 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell us now,” they demanded, “who is to blame for this calamity that is upon us? What is your occupation, and where have you come from? What is your country, and who are your people?”
Read word by word - Jonah 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
Read word by word - Jonah 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Read word by word - Micah 3:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Read word by word - Micah 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Read word by word - Micah 6:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
Read word by word - Micah 6:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Read word by word - Haggai 2:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
Read word by word - Haggai 2:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
Read word by word - Haggai 2:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,
Read word by word - Haggai 2:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:
Read word by word - Zechariah 1:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Zechariah 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
Read word by word - Zechariah 5:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
Read word by word - Malachi 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by word - Malachi 1:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“But ask now for God’s favor. Will He be gracious? Since this has come from your hands, will He show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.
Read word by word - Malachi 3:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
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