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ʾānnāʾ אָֽנָּ֫א ‘Please!’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: apparently contracted from ʾahăvā אַהֲבָה ‘love’ and nāʾ נָא ‘please’
Roots: אהבה נא

ʾānnāʾ intj
1) ah now! I/we beseech you, oh now!, pray now! (participle of entreaty usually followed by the imperative verb)

Mentioned in Genesis 50:17 Exodus 32:31 2 Kings 20:3 Isaiah 38:3 Jonah 1:14, 4:2 Psalms 116:16, 116:4, 118:25 Daniel 9:4 Nehemiah 1:11, 1:5

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