נָא

na

Hebrew H4994 Interjection 404 occurrences in 375 verses
נָא please

1. I (we) pray, now, please

a. used in entreaty or exhortation

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  1. 1 Samuel 22:7 נָ֖א

    Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?

  2. “Listen now, son of Ahitub,” said Saul. “Here I am, my lord,” he replied.

  3. Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.

  4. Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

  5. 1 Samuel 25:8 נָּ֗א

    Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”

  6. She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

  7. My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.

  8. Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.

  9. 1 Samuel 26:8 נָ֜א

    Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”

  10. But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”

  11. Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’

  12. 1 Samuel 27:5 נָא֩

    Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

  13. 1 Samuel 28:8 נָ֥א

    So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”

  14. Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

  15. 1 Samuel 30:7 נָּ֥א

    Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

  16. 2 Samuel 1:4 נָ֣א

    “What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

  17. 2 Samuel 1:9 נָ֤א

    Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

  18. 2 Samuel 2:14 נָא֙

    Then Abner said to Joab, “Let us have the young men get up and compete before us.” “Let them get up,” Joab replied.

  19. 2 Samuel 7:2 נָ֔א

    he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

  20. 2 Samuel 13:5 נָא֩

    Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

  21. 2 Samuel 13:6 נָ֞א

    So Amnon lay down and feigned illness. When the king came to see him, Amnon said, “Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat from her hand.”

  22. 2 Samuel 13:7 נָ֗א

    Then David sent word to Tamar at the palace: “Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare a meal for him.”

  23. Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

  24. Instead, he called to his attendant and said, “Throw this woman out and bolt the door behind her!”

  25. 2 Samuel 13:24 נָ֥אנָ֥א

    And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?”

  26. “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.

  27. “If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.

  28. Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”

  29. 2 Samuel 14:2 נָ֞אנָ֣א

    So Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

  30. “Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”

  31. Then the woman said, “Please, may your servant speak a word to my lord the king?” “Speak,” he replied.

  32. 2 Samuel 14:15 נָּ֣א

    Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.

  33. 2 Samuel 14:17 נָּ֛א

    And now your servant says, ‘May the word of my lord the king bring me rest, for my lord the king is able to discern good and evil, just like the angel of God. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

  34. 2 Samuel 14:18 נָ֨אנָ֖א

    Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

  35. Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

  36. 2 Samuel 15:7 נָּ֗א

    After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.

  37. Now someone told David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” So David pleaded, “O LORD, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”

  38. 2 Samuel 16:9 נָּ֖א

    Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

  39. 2 Samuel 17:1 נָּ֗א

    Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

  40. 2 Samuel 17:5 נָ֔א

    Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”

  41. 2 Samuel 18:19 נָּ֔א

    Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”

  42. 2 Samuel 18:22 נָּ֥א

    Ahimaaz son of Zadok, however, persisted and said to Joab, “Regardless of whatever may happen, please let me also run behind the Cushite!” “My son,” Joab replied, “why do you want to run, since you will not receive a reward?”

  43. Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”

  44. a wise woman called out from the city, “Listen! Listen! Please tell Joab to come here so that I may speak with him.”

  45. 2 Samuel 24:2 נָ֞א

    So the king said to Joab the commander of his army, who was with him, “Go now throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and register the troops, so that I may know their number.”

  46. After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  47. 2 Samuel 24:14 נָּ֤א

    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

  48. When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”

  49. 1 Kings 1:12 נָ֖א

    Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

  50. 1 Kings 2:17 נָא֙

    Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

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