ן, Nûn , fourteenth letter; used as numeral 50 in postB . Heb.
I .
נָא
S
4994, 4995
TWOT
1269, 1358a
GK
5528, 5529
part.
of entreaty
or
exhortation
,
I (we) pray, now
(enclitic)
(
Syriac
ܢܺܐ
,
ܢܺܝ
(
ni, ni
);
cf.
Ethiopic
˜˜
(
na˓i
)
veni, age!
Di
§
160. 1
Lex
675 Kö
ii. 244)
;—attached:
1.
to the
imv.
, especially in colloquial style, when it expresses an entreaty or admonition, as
Gn 12:13
אִמְרִי־נָא
say,
I pray
,
13:9
נָא מֵעָלַי הִפָּרֶד־
,
v
14
שָׂא־נָא עֵינֶיךָ
,
15:5
הַבֶּט־נָא השׁמימה
,
24:2
+
often,
Nu 20:10
שׁמעו־נא המֹורים
,
Ju 13:4
;
16:6
,
10
,
28
;
18:5
, etc.,
Is 1:18
;
5:3 Am 7:2
,
5
; rarely in a command,
Gn 22:2 Is 7:
3. Ironically, in a challenge,
Is 47:12 Jb 40:10
. Once anomalously attached to a
subst.
, or (accents) prefixed to a verb,
Nu 12:13
ֵ˜אל נָ˜א רְָ˜פא נָ˜א
(
Ew
§ 246 a Di
אַל־נָא
;
v.
3 b
).
2.
to the
pf.
with
waw
consec
., in a precative sense
(Dr
§ 119 δ)
Gn 40:14
.
3.
to the
impf.
, when leave is asked, or a prayer or desire expressed;
a.
in 1
pers.
, especially with
ה
cohort.,
Gn 19:8
אוציאה־נא
let me,
I pray
, bring out,
v
20
אִמָּֽלְטָה־נָּא שָׁ˜מָּה
,
Ex 3:18
נלכה־נא
let us go,
I pray
,
אֵלְכָה נָּא
4:18
אִיעָצֵּךְ נָא עֵצָה
let me give thee counsel,
I pray
,
1 Ki 1:12 Nu 20:17 Is 5:
5; and in self-deliberation,
Gn 18:21
postB post-Biblical. Heb. Hebrew.
S
Strongs Concordance
TWOT
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
.
GK
Goodrick/Kohlenberger numbering system of the
NIV Exhaustive Condordance
.
part.
particle.
cf.
confer
, compare.
Di
A. Dillmann.
Kö
E. König, Heb. Gram.
imv.
Imperative.
v
verse.
+
plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
subst.
substantive.
Ew
H. Ewals,
Heb.
. Gram.;
v.
vide
, see.
pf.
Perfect.
consec.
consecutive.
Dr
S. R. Driver, Hebrew Tenses;
impf.
Imperfect.
pers.
person,
personae.