אָנָּאʼânnâʼ

ah, now! I (or we) beseech thee!, a strong particle of entreaty (Genesis 50:17; Exodus 32:31; Psalms 118:25; Nehemiah 1:5; Nehemiah 1:11)

Pronunciation: awn-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H577

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 50:17 to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
  • Exodus 32:31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed. They have made gods of gold for themselves.
  • 2 Kings 20:3 “Remember, O Lord, how I have always been faithful to you and have served you single-mindedly, always doing what pleases you.” Then he broke down and wept bitterly.
  • Nehemiah 1:5 Then I said, “O Lord, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,
  • Nehemiah 1:11 O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
  • Psalms 116:4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, save me!”
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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).