Midvash

נָאnâʼ

נָא: I (we) pray, now, (enclitic)

Pronunciation: naw · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4994

Meanings

1. I pray, to the imperative (Genesis 12:13; Genesis 13:9; Genesis 13:14)

2. to the perfect (Genesis 40:14)

3. to the imperfect

a. I pray (Genesis 19:8; Genesis 19:20; Genesis 24:12)

b. I pray (Genesis 18:3; Genesis 19:7; Genesis 47:29)

c. I pray (Genesis 18:4; Genesis 26:28; Genesis 33:14)

4. joined to conjunctions and interjections

d. I pray (Genesis 12:11; Genesis 16:2; Genesis 18:27)

e. now (Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 45:3; Lamentations 5:16)

f. pray? (Psalms 115:2)

g. O that (Psalms 116:14; Psalms 116:18)

נָא: raw, of flesh (Exodus 12:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 404 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 12:11 As he was approaching the border of Egypt, Abram said to his wife, Sarai, “Look, you are a very beautiful woman.
  • Genesis 12:13 So please tell them you are my sister. Then they will spare my life and treat me well because of their interest in you.”
  • Genesis 13:8 Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!
  • Genesis 13:9 The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I’ll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I’ll go to the left.”
  • Genesis 13:14 After Lot had gone, the Lord said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.
  • Genesis 15:5 Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).