אָנָּא
ʼânnâʼ · awn-naw'
oh now!
Lexicon
Derivation: or אָנָּה; apparent contracted from H160 (אַהֲבָה) and H4994 (נָא);
oh now!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: I (me) beseech (pray) thee, O.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › strength, the leader
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָנָּא 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i beseech6 · 46%
- i pray thee1 · 8%
- oh1 · 8%
- truly1 · 8%
- now, i beseech1 · 8%
- o1 · 8%
- we beseech thee1 · 8%
- i pray1 · 8%
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.