נָא
nâʼ · naw
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'
- added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
The seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
404 occurrences · 404 OT · 0 NT · 43 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- now1 · 11%
- i pray thee1 · 11%
- i pray you1 · 11%
- unto him, oh1 · 11%
- i beseech thee1 · 11%
- let her not be as one dead1 · 11%
- now therefore go to1 · 11%
- i pray now1 · 11%
- let1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.