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nāʾ נָא ‘please’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered

nāʾ intj
1) I (we) pray, now, please
 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation

Mentioned in Genesis 24:23, 27:9, 27:19, 27:26, 37:32, 48:9, 50:5, 50:17, 18:27, 24:2, 24:12, 24:42, 13:8, 13:14, 16:2, 18:3, 19:2, 24:14, 33:14, 33:15, 44:18, 44:33, 25:30, 18:30, 18:31, 18:32, 19:18, 22:2, 50:4, 19:7, 32:12, 37:14, 37:16, 45:4, 12:13, 40:8, 47:4, 19:8, 33:10, 47:29, 12:11, 18:21, 24:43, 24:45, 27:21, 30:14, 30:27, 37:6, 38:16, 38:25, 40:14, 26:28, 33:11, 13:9, 15:5, 24:17, 27:2, 31:12, 32:30, 34:8, 19:19, 19:20, 27:3, 18:4 Exodus 4:13, 34:9, 5:3, 11:2, 4:18, 32:32, 10:17, 3:18, 33:13, 3:3, 4:6, 33:18, 10:11 Numbers 12:11, 14:17, 16:26, 20:10, 22:6, 23:27, 12:12, 10:31, 11:15, 22:16, 12:13, 12:6, 16:8, 22:17, 20:17, 14:19, 22:19 Deuteronomy 4:32, 3:25 Joshua 2:12, 7:19, 22:26 Judges 15:2, 19:6, 19:8, 19:9, 11:17, 9:38, 19:11, 13:8, 16:28, 6:17, 7:3, 9:2, 19:23, 12:6, 8:5, 1:24, 19:24, 6:39, 10:15, 13:4, 6:18, 4:19, 11:19, 13:3, 13:15, 16:6, 16:10, 18:5, 14:12 1 Samuel 9:3, 14:29, 19:2, 22:3, 26:8, 30:7, 2:36, 16:16, 22:12, 25:24, 25:25, 25:28, 26:19, 9:6, 17:17, 20:29, 27:5, 9:18, 14:17, 16:17, 28:22, 3:17, 16:15, 16:22, 23:22, 15:30, 23:11, 22:7, 10:15, 20:36, 25:8, 26:11, 15:25 2 Samuel 13:5, 19:38, 24:17, 13:25, 16:9, 13:24, 13:26, 13:28, 14:21, 15:7, 15:31, 17:1, 17:5, 14:2, 2:14, 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:18, 24:14, 13:7, 13:13, 13:6, 1:9, 18:19, 18:22, 13:17, 24:10, 1:4, 7:2, 20:16, 24:2, 14:11 1 Kings 8:26, 19:20, 2:17, 20:31, 20:32, 20:35, 22:13, 14:2, 20:37, 18:43, 13:6, 17:10, 17:11, 17:21, 20:7, 22:5, 1:12 2 Kings 2:16, 2:19, 5:22, 18:23, 5:17, 4:13, 18:26, 4:22, 6:2, 6:3, 7:13, 5:15, 1:13, 4:9, 4:26, 5:7, 5:8, 8:4, 9:34, 2:2, 2:9, 4:10, 6:1, 6:18, 7:12, 9:12, 18:19, 19:19, 2:4, 2:6, 6:17, 20:3 Isaiah 36:8, 1:18, 47:12, 36:11, 7:3, 19:12, 5:3, 7:13, 64:8, 29:11, 36:4, 29:12, 38:3, 5:5, 47:13, 5:1, 51:21 Jeremiah 25:5, 35:15, 40:15, 37:20, 4:31, 45:3, 21:2, 5:21, 28:7, 36:15, 17:15, 36:17, 38:4, 5:1, 18:11, 38:25, 44:4, 7:12, 28:15, 32:8, 37:3, 38:12, 38:20, 42:2, 18:13, 5:24, 27:18, 30:6 Ezekiel 8:5, 8:8, 33:30, 18:25, 17:12 Amos 7:2, 7:5 Jonah 1:14, 1:8, 4:3 Micah 3:1, 6:1, 3:9, 6:5 Haggai 2:15, 2:2, 2:11, 2:18 Zechariah 1:4, 3:8, 5:5 Malachi 1:8, 3:10, 1:9 Psalms 118:3, 122:8, 115:2, 50:22, 7:10, 80:15, 118:2, 118:4, 124:1, 129:1, 119:76, 118:25, 116:14, 116:18, 119:108 Job 8:8, 4:7, 32:21, 1:11, 2:5, 12:7, 17:10, 33:1, 40:16, 38:3, 40:7, 40:15, 6:29, 5:1, 10:9, 22:22, 13:18, 42:4, 22:21, 40:10, 33:2, 17:3, 13:6 Song of Songs 3:2, 7:9 Ruth 2:7, 2:2 Lamentations 5:16, 1:18 Ecclesiastes 2:1 Daniel 9:16, 1:12 Ezra 10:14 Nehemiah 1:6, 1:11, 5:10, 1:8, 5:11 1 Chronicles 21:17, 29:20, 21:13, 21:8, 22:5 2 Chronicles 6:40, 18:12, 18:4

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